For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;

whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'

So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it?

Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.

This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?

On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it;

Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them,

On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside the house, he must not go down to fetch them out; nor must a man in the field turn back

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

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have no reverence for God and no respect even for man,

still, as this widow is bothering me, I will see justice done to her ??not to have her for ever coming and pestering me.'

And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

But the taxgatherer stood far away and would not lift even his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'O God, have mercy on me for my sins!'

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

You know the commands: do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honour your father and mother."

who does not receive ever so much more in this present world, and in the world to come life eternal."

However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

Why then did you not put my money into the bank, so that I could have got it with interest when I came back?'

and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you ??and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you."

but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

Now they reasoned to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why did you not believe him?'

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

They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly.

Is it right for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

God is not a God of dead people but of living, for all live to him."

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' ??do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once."

So resolve to yourselves that you will not rehearse your defence beforehand,

for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute.

but not a hair of your head will perish.

But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away.

Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard.

not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

saying, "Father, if it please thee, take this cup away from me. But thy will, not mine, be done."

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Shortly afterwards another man noticed him and said, "Why, you are one of them!" "Man," said Peter, "I am not."

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

"Tell us if you are the Christ." He said to them, "You will not believe me if I tell you,

and you will not answer me when I put a question to you.

So they said, "What more evidence do we need? We have heard it from his own lips."

but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children!

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

And he added, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come to reign."

who had not voted for their plan of action; he belonged to Arimathaea, a Jewish town, and he was on the outlook for the Reign of God.

but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

But this story of the women seemed in their opinion to be nonsense; they would not believe them.

and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?"

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared.

he entered the world ??the world which existed through him ??yet the world did not recognize him;

he came to what was his own, yet his own folk did not welcome him.

who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.

he frankly confessed ??he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."

They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

"I am baptizing with water," John replied, "but my successor is among you, One whom you do not recognize,

and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandal."

I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

I myself did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting, that is he who baptizes with the holy Spirit.'

"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time has not come yet."

and when the manager of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn it knew), he called the bridegroom

and told the pigeon-dealers, "Away with these! My Father's house is not to be turned into a shop!"

Jesus, however, would not trust himself to them; he knew all men,

he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

Do not wonder at me telling you, 'You must all be born from above.'

Jesus replied, "You do not understand this? ??you, a teacher in Israel!