Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, thoughtful manager whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give out the supplies at the proper time?

Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

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

his master will come back some day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the unfaithful.

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

But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.

For from now on, five in a house 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 daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

I tell you, you will never get out of it until you have paid the last penny!"

By no means, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.

By no means, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

If it bears figs in the future, well; but if not, you will have to cut it down.'"

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

"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

But He will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

There you will weep and grind your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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

But He said to them: "Go and tell that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish these tasks.

Now your house is abandoned to its fate! And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Then He said to them, "Which of you, if his son or ox falls into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath?"

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

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

Then He proceeded to say to the man who invited Him: "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop the social custom of inviting your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you in return and so you will be repaid.

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

But one of the fellow-guests heard this, and said to Him, "Happy will be the man who is fortunate enough to be at the feast in the kingdom of God."

Just so, I tell you, 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 opinion;

I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position.

So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches?

And if you have not proved dependable in what belongs to someone else, who will trust you with what belongs to you?

No house-servant can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Then he answered, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if someone rises from the dead.'"

Now He said to His disciples: "It is inevitable that snares to evil will come, but a curse be on the man through whom they come!

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'?

and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

Then He said to His disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

And men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here He is!' Do not start in pursuit of Him,

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

And just as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be in the time of the Son of Man.

It will be so on the day when the Son of Man appears

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

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

Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken, the other left."

Then they asked Him, "Where, Lord, will this be?" And He said to them, "Wherever there is carrion the vultures will flock."

yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and protection, so that she may not finally wear me out by her continual coming."

And will not God give justice and protection to His chosen people who continue to cry to Him day and night, since He is so patient with them?

I tell you, He will give them justice and protection, and that without delay. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

I tell you, this man, and not the other, went back home forgiven and accepted by God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell everything you have, and distribute the money among the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

who will not receive in return many times more in this world, and in the next eternal life."

Now He took the Twelve aside and said to them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

For He will be turned over to the heathen and sport made of Him, He will be insulted and spit upon,

and then they will flog Him and kill Him, but on the third day He will rise again."

Then Zaccheus got up and said to the Lord, "Listen, Lord! I now give to the poor half of my property, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him back four times as much."

He said to him, 'On the ground of what you say I will sentence you, you wicked slave! You knew that I was a stern man, that I picked up what I did not put down, and reaped what I did not sow.

'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him!

said, "Go on to the village in front of you, in which, just as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me.

But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks around you and surround you and hem 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 in you, because you did not know when God visited you."

Then He answered them, "I will ask you a question too. Tell me,

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."

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my dearly loved son. They will, I should think, respect him.'

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then 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, "May it never be so!"

Everyone who falls upon that stone will be shattered, and he on whom it falls will be crushed to dust."

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

men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will receive a much heavier sentence."

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

Then they asked Him, "Teacher, when will this be? And what is the sign that it is about to take place?"

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and tumults, never be panic-stricken. For this has to take place first, but the end will not come all at once."

Then He continued to say to them, "One nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another.

There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.

But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

It will furnish you an opportunity to testify.

for I will give you such wisdom of speech as all your opponents combined will not be able to resist and refute.

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

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

And yet not a single hair on your head will perish.

By your endurance you will win your souls.

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

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.

And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on earth despair of nations in bewilderment at the roaring of the sea and its waves,

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud in overwhelming power and splendor.

"I solemnly say to you, this generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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

He answered them, "Just after you enter the city, a man with a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters