And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'

And he will reply, saying to you, 'I do not know where you are from! Go away from me, all [you] {evildoers}!'

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

And Jesus answered [and] said to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

And he said to them, "Who among you, [if your] son or [your] ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"

And they were not able to make a reply to these [things].

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,

And he also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you [in return], and repayment come to you.

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."

And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.'

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and {follow} me {cannot be} my disciple.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down [and] calculate the cost [to see] if he has [enough] {to complete it}?

{Otherwise} [after] he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish [it], all who see [it] will begin to ridicule him,

saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first [and] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand.

But if not, [while] [the other] is still far away, he sends an ambassador [and] asks {for terms of} peace.

In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it?

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 people who have no need of repentance.

Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds [it]?

And after not many days, the younger son gathered everything [and] went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth [by] living wastefully.

And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out [and] began to implore him.

And the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, because my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And he said, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your promissory note and sit down quickly [and] write fifty.'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your promissory note and write eighty.'

If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]?

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'

But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!

Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these [things] you will eat and drink.'

He will not {be grateful} to the slave because he did what was ordered, [will he]?

So Jesus answered [and] said, "Were not ten cleansed? And where [are] the nine?

Now [when he] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with {things that can be observed},

And he said to the disciples, "Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it].

And they will say to you, 'Behold, there!' 'Behold, here!' Do not go out or run after [them]!

On that day, whoever is on the housetop and his goods [are] in the house must not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who [is] in the field must not turn back

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

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people.

And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people,

yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'"

And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

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

And they understood none of these [things], and this saying was concealed from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

And he was seeking to see Jesus--who he was--and he was not able to as a result of the crowd, because he was short in stature.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, [when I] returned, would have collected it with interest?'

'I tell you that to everyone who has, [more] will be given. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

But these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring [them] here and slaughter them [in] my presence!'"

And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying [it]?' you will say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"

So they said, 'The Lord has need of it.'

And they will raze you to the ground, [you] and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, {because} you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

And they discussed [this] with one another, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And they replied [that they] did not know where [it was] from.

And they asked him, saying, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not {show partiality}, but teach the way of God in truth.

Is it permitted [for] us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

"[As for] these [things] that you see--days will come in which not [one] stone will be left on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"

And he said, Watch out that you are not deceived! 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 about wars and insurrections, do not be terrified, for these [things] must happen first, but the end [will] not [be] at once."

{Therefore make up your minds} not to prepare in advance to speak in your own defense,

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those {inside it} must depart, and those in the fields must not enter into it,

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

For I tell you that I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

But you [are] not [to be] like this! But the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

For who [is] greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? [Is it] not the one who reclines at the table? But I am in your midst as the one who serves.

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And you, [when] once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

And he said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times [that you] know me!"

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].

And [when] he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not enter into temptation."

saying, "Father, if you are willing, take away this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will but yours be done." [[

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"

Every day [when] I was with you in the temple [courts], you did not stretch out [your] hands against me! But this is your hour and the domain of darkness!"

But he denied [it], saying, "Woman, I do not know him!"

And after a short time another person saw him [and] said, "You also are [one] of them!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"

But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about!" And immediately, [while] he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!"

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