And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?

And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.