I tell you the truth: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.

that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

They will be divided, father against son,
son against father,
mother against daughter,
daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.”

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete My work.’

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

And to them, He said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!’”

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

“Now, salt is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty?

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?

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

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through!

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, He answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

no one will say, ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.”

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

They will say to you, ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

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

I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.

[Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.]”

“Where, Lord?” they asked Him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

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

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked, insulted, spit on;

and after they flog Him, they will kill Him, and He will rise on the third day.”

“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell Me,

They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!”

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.”

“These things that you see—the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!”

“Teacher,” they asked Him, “so when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

Then 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.’ Don’t follow them.

Then He told them: “Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

It will lead to an opportunity for you to witness.

for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name,

but not a hair of your head will be lost.

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring sea and waves.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

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

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly