I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished.

But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.

For from now on if there are five people in a house they will be divided three against two and two against three.

Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the last cent!"

No, I tell you; unless you repent, you will all perish as they did!

No, I tell you; unless you repent, you will all perish as they did!"

perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and dropped in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted on its branches."

"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

Then you will go on to say, 'We have been entertained with you, and you have taught in our streets!'

And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are put outside.

People will come from the east and west and the north and south, and take their places in the Kingdom of God.

There are those now last who will then be first, and there are those now first who will be last."

He said to them, "Go and say to that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be through.

Now I leave you to yourselves. And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!' "

Then he said to them, "Who among you, if his child or his ox falls into a well, will not pull him out at once on the Sabbath?"

and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

And he said to the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for then they will invite you in return and you will be repaid.

Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the upright."

Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him,

And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys to him and asks on what terms he will make peace.

I tell you, in just that way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents, than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from my position people will take me into their homes.'

So if you have proved untrustworthy in using your ill-gotten wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

And if you have been untrustworthy about what belonged to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

No servant can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or he will stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money!"

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'

But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!'

He answered, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!' "

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

and people will not say, 'Look! here it is!' or 'There it is!' for the Kingdom of God is within you."

And he said to his disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not be able to do so.

Men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here he is!' Do not go off in pursuit of him,

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, that will be the way with the Son of Man.

In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.

It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man appears.

Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

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

There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left!"

They said to him, "Where will this be, Master?" And he said to them, "Wherever there is a dead body the vultures will flock!"

yet because this widow bothers me, I will protect her, so that she may not finally wear me out with her coming.' "

Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night?

I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God!

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

And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

For he will be handed over to the heathen, and ridiculed and insulted and spat upon,

and they will flog him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."

But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."

He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will convict you, you wretched slave! You knew, did you, that I was a stern man, and that I pick up what I did not lay down, and harvest what I did not sow?

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!"

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks about you and surround you and shut you in on all sides,

and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not know when God visited you!"

He said to them, "I will ask you a question too.

And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

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

And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!'

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and put those tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this they said, "Heaven forbid!"

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will the woman be? For all seven of them married her."

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

"As for all this that you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down!"

Then they asked him, "Master, when will this happen, and what will be the sign that it is going to take place?"

And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.

Then he said to them, "Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

There will be great earthquakes, and pestilence and famine here and there. There will be horrors and great signs in the sky.

But before all this, men will arrest you and persecute you, and hand you over to synagogues and prisons and have you brought before kings and governors on my account.

It will all lead to your testifying.

for I will give you such wisdom of utterance as none of your opponents will be able to resist or dispute.

You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends and they will put some of you to death,

and you will be hated by everyone because you bear my name.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish!

It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.

for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

But alas for women who are with child at that time, or who have babies, for there will be great misery in the land and anger at this people.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried off as prisoners among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the heathen, until the time of the heathen comes.

There will be signs too in sun, moon, and stars, and on earth dismay among the heathen, bewildered at the roar of the sea and the waves.

Men will swoon with fear and foreboding of what is to happen to the world, for the forces in the sky will shake.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

But when this begins to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand."

I tell you, it will all happen before the present generation passes away.

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.

For it will come on all who are living anywhere on the face of the earth.

He said to them, "Just after you enter the city, you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him to the house to which he goes,