Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.

At that time some Pharisees came and told Him, “Go, get out of here! Herod wants to kill You!”

He told them, "Go and tell that fox, "Listen! I am driving out demons and healing today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish my work.

Now Jesus began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been selecting the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "'I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'

And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

“Then the master told the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and told them,

So He told them this parable:

The younger one told his father, "Father, give me my share of the estate.' So the father divided his property between them.

Then his son told him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you. I don't deserve to be called your son anymore.'

“But the father told his slaves, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

"His father told him, "My child, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

"Then the servant manager told himself, "What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to beg.

“‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write 50.’

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’

“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’

So the master commended the dishonest steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

The Law and the Prophets sufficed until the time of John. Since then the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been told, and everybody has been forcing his way into it.

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Jesus told his disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!

Then the apostles told the Lord, "Give us more faith!"

He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

So, you too, after you have done everything you were told to, should say, 'We are unworthy slaves. We have done [only] what we were supposed to do.'"

When He saw them, He told them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And while they were going, they were healed.

And He told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well.”

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

Then they asked him, "Where, Lord, will this take place?" He told them, "Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather."

Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,

For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people,

He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:

Now some people were even bringing their infants to Jesus to have him touch them. But when the disciples saw this, they sternly told the people not to do that.

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

“‘Well done, good slave!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’

The king told him, "You take charge of five cities.'

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'

So those who were sent left and found the colt just as He had told them.

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"

Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

Then Jesus began speaking to the people. [Note: And perhaps to the religious leaders as well. See Mark 11:18 with 12:1]. He told them this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, then leased it out to tenant farmers and went to another country for a long time.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Because David himself in the book of Psalms says, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

While all the people were listening, he told his disciples,

Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

Then Jesus told them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

Then He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees;

When they begin to sprout their leaves you know when you look at them, without being told, that summer is near.

He told them, "Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters

So they went [and] found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer,

But he told them, "The kings of the unbelievers lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

“Lord,” he told Him, “I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”

Then he told them, "But now whoever has a wallet must take it along, and his traveling bag, too. And the one who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“Enough of that!” He told them.

When He reached the place, He told them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

Then Jesus told the high priests, the Temple police, and the elders, who had come for him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit?

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

But he told them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me, and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

The man who was lying in prison charged with riot and murder and for whom they clamoured he set free, but Jesus he gave up to be dealt with as they desired.

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today you will be with me in Paradise."

And it was preparation day, and the sabbath twilight was coming on.

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee,

when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

Even some of our women have startled us by what they told us. They were at the tomb early this morning

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!

But they strongly urged him, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the daylight is nearly gone." So he went in to stay with them.

Who told them that the Master had really risen, and had appeared to Simon.

And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

While they were all talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and told them, "Peace be with you."

But Jesus told them, "What's frightening you? And why are you doubting?

Then He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

He told them, "This is how it is written: the Messiah was to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,