For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

And he wanted to fill himself with the carob pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

But he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

"His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, more shrewd than the sons of light.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

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

The Law and the Prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Law to become void.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

He called out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. For I am in anguish in this flame.'

"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'

"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come.

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

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

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

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

Now they were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God.

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

"What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."

He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.

'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away.

It happened, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things that make for peace. But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

They could not find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the Good News, that the chief priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

They answered that they did not know where it was from.

The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that they will respect him.'

"But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people?for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

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

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

He said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?

He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

for all these put in gifts from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

"As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

He said, "Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Therefore do not follow them.

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.

Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be able to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed."

that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

"Simon, Simon, look, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

but I prayed for you, that your faith would not fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers."

He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."

For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was numbered with the transgressors.' For that which concerns me has an end."