Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.

But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.

I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."

for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

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

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

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

Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

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

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

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

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

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

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

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.'

"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

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

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."

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.

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

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

He cried 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.'

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

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.

neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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

saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.

He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't 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, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

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 said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

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

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

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

He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

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

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