Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

But he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his span of life?

But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning,

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

They will be divided, father 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."

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"

When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

Then one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,

"Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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

And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

Nevertheless I must journey today and tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall it be seasoned?

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 persons who need no repentance.

And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants."'

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

And bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.'"

So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

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

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

longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

So the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

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

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

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

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

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

So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

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

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

And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

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

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

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

For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

And hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

And those who led the way rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

So Jesus stopped, and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,

And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.'

Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'

And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

'I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

and said to him, "Tell us by what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is that gave you this authority."

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

But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves and said, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

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

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer they were silent.

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

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

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

And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified; for these things must first take place, but the end will not come immediately."

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. And you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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

You will be hated by all for my name's sake.

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

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

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

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

"There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,