For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said.”

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will He do for you—you of little faith?

For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

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,

that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

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

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

And He responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things?

Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

It’s like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through the entire mixture.”

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.

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

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete My work.’

“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.

“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.

After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

“‘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.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

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

It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

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

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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.”

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter 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.

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

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

So they answered that they did not know its origin.

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.

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected—
this has become the cornerstone?

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!”

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

They questioned Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You don’t show partiality, but teach truthfully the way of God.

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

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Then He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

“These things that you see—the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!”

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.

In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

“I tell you, Peter,” He said, “the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know Me!”

“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.”

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other.

(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out.

Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.

Then He asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”

But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!

They came near the village where they were going, and He gave the impression that He was going farther.

It was as He reclined at the table with them that He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.

That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.