I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a little child and had him stand next to Him.

But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

But He turned and rebuked them,

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

But He told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.

He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’

But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!”

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

And returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.

But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear!

but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

The Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

I tell you the truth: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.

But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!

Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.”

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

“But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Now, salt is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty?

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

“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.

But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“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.’”

He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through!

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

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.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

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

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’

“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’