Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."

"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.

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!

But he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

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.

There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"

Then one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,

And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him.

And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

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.'

For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

Or what king, going to make war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill; men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

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.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Then he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!'

He also said to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches?

And if you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you what is your own?

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?

As he entered a village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.

He said: "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man.

And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

And will not God bring about justice for his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

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,

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

And those who led the way rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

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.

And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

'I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

But those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.'"

So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

and said to him, "Tell us by what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is that gave you this authority."

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

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

But those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation."

Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

For it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered of the twelve.

But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.

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

Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this.

And he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the youngest, and he who leads as one who serves.

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? But I am among you as One who serves.

You are those who have continued with me in my trials.

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.

While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him;

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, officers of the temple, and the elders who had come to him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

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

They blindfolded him and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"

And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was in Jerusalem at that time.

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;

a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.

And he released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.

And a great multitude of the people followed him, and women who also mourned and lamented him.