If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

I tell you, 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 to repent.

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own?

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

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst."

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

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

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

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

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

Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"

Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."

And the king said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.'

The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow?

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

telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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

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

They will demolish you -- you and your children within your walls -- and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

So they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

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

Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things."

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

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, '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. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never happen!"

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed."

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

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."

"As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

He said, "Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them!

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once."

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

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

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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

For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there."

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

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

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

Jesus replied, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

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

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

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

and said, "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe,

and if I ask you, you will not answer.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

I will therefore have him flogged and release him."

A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

He continued, "I tell all of you the solemn truth -- you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will devour me."

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."