So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

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.

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

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

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

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.

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.

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

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 Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

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 for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

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 as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

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.

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

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.

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

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 not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

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