and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything'?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."

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 wickedness.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say;

And he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; but how is it you do not know how to interpret this present time?

I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open for us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!'

And at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all is now ready.'

Now great multitudes went with him; and he turned and said to them,

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants."'

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

"Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Now they were also bringing infants to him that he might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"

So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

saying, "Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

And, as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."

He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me,

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the peoplefor they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

And they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and you do not show partiality, but teach the way of God in truth.

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him,

and they questioned him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.

and then the third took her, and in the same way the seven died, and they left no children.

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to him."

For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

Now when these things begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

When they are sprouting, you see and know for yourselves that summer is already near.

So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

Likewise he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day before you deny three times that you know me."

And he said to them, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

He said to them, "But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag; and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one.

But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched his ear and healed him.

But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know him."

But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

Now the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no crime in this man."

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

Then he questioned him with many words, but he gave him no answer.

and said to them, "You have brought this man to me as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. And behold, having examined him in your presence, I have found no guilt in this man concerning those charges which you make against him;

Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they divided his garments and cast lots.

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this was a righteous man!"

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man,

Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever yet been laid.

Now behold, that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"

but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

John answered them, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.

I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."

I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

When the wine was gone, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."