like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him."

Peter said to him, "Master, do you mean this figure for us, or is it for everybody?"

Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it.

I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

For when you are going before the magistrate with your opponent, do your best on the way to get rid of him, or he may hurry you off to the judge and the judge hand you over to the constable and the constable throw you into prison.

Just then some people came up to bring him word of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices.

But the Master answered, "You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water him?

And someone said to him, "Are only a few to be saved, Master?" He said to them,

Just then some Pharisees came up and said to him, "Go! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

One Sabbath, when he went to take a meal at the house of a member of the council who was a Pharisee, they were watching him closely.

There was a man in front of him who had dropsy.

But they made no answer. And he took hold of the man and cured him and sent him away.

Then he said to them, "Who among you, if his child or his ox falls into a well, will not pull him out at once on the Sabbath?"

And he said to the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for then they will invite you in return and you will be repaid.

One of the other guests heard this, and said to him, "Blessed is the man who shall be at the banquet in the Kingdom of God!"

He said to him, "A man once gave a great dinner, and invited a large number to it,

And they all immediately began to excuse themselves. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and look at it. Please have me excused.'

There were great crowds accompanying him, and once he turned and said to them,

Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him,

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys to him and asks on what terms he will make peace.

It is fit neither for the ground nor the manure heap; people throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.

And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

And he was ready to fill himself with the pods the pigs were eating, and no one would give him anything.

I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your eyes; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!'

But his father said to his slaves, 'Make haste and get out the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;

and he called one of the servants to him and asked him what it meant.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf he has been fattening, because he has gotten him back alive and well.'

But he was angry and would not go into the house. And his father came out and urged him.

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

But he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and everything I have is yours.

And he said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and it was reported to him that this man was squandering his property.

So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'

He said, 'Eight hundred gallons of oil.' And he said to him, 'Here is your agreement; sit right down and write four hundred!'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Fifteen hundred bushels of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your agreement; write twelve hundred.'

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him.

And he called to him and said, 'Father Abraham! take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in torment, here in the flames!'

And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house,

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'

Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him.

And if he wrongs you seven times a day, and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

instead of saying to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself, and wait on me while I eat and drink, and you can eat and drink afterward'?

And as he was going into one village he met ten lepers, and they stood at some distance from him,

and fell on his face at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.

And he said to him, "Stand up and go! Your faith has cured you."

Men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here he is!' Do not go off in pursuit of him,

They said to him, "Where will this be, Master?" And he said to them, "Wherever there is a dead body the vultures will flock!"

There was a widow in the city and she came to him and said, 'Protect me from my opponent.'

Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night?

People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.

But Jesus called them up to him and said, "Let the children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

and they will flog him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was coming by.

And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

And Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came up, Jesus asked him,

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight! Your faith has cured you!"

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

When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."

And he came down quickly and welcomed him gladly.

But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."

Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for he too is a descendant of Abraham.

But his countrymen hated him, and they sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man made king over us.'

And he said to him, 'Well done, my excellent slave! You have proved trustworthy about a very small amount, you shall be governor of ten towns.'

And he said to him, 'And you shall be governor of five towns!'

He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will convict you, you wretched slave! You knew, did you, that I was a stern man, and that I pick up what I did not lay down, and harvest what I did not sow?

And he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the two hundred!'

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Master, reprove your disciples!"

Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?"

And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenants to have them give him a share of the vintage, but the tenants beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

And again he sent another slave, and they beat him also and mistreated him and sent him back empty-handed.

And again he sent a third, but they wounded him too, and threw him outside.

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

But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!'

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

So they kept watch of him and set some spies who pretended to be honest men to fasten on something that he said, so that they might hand him over to the control and authority of the governor.

And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him,

He is not the God of dead men but of living, for all men are alive to him."

For they did not dare to ask him any more questions.

David then calls him lord. So how can he be his son?"

Then they asked him, "Master, when will this happen, and what will be the sign that it is going to take place?"

And in the morning all the people would come to him in the Temple to listen to him.

And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

And he went off and discussed with the high priests and captains of the Temple how he could betray him to them.

And they were delighted and agreed to pay him for it.

And he accepted their offer, and watched for an opportunity to betray him to them without a disturbance.