The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today."

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow?

Why then didn't you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?'

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

telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?"

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

But if we say, 'From people,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

So they replied that they did not know where it came from.

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Thus they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

So he said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

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

But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?

"As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

He said, "Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them!

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

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

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.

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

"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

Jesus replied, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."

For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled."

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!"

But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" He answered them, "You say that I am."

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

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

They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?"

But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.

So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together

Then he said to 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 and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

and said to them, "Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

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

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel."

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God."

Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will devour me."

So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."

Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must all be born from above.'

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.