The servant told him, "Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

"His father told him, "My child, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

So he called for him and asked him, "What's this I hear about you? You can't be my manager any longer. Now give me a report about your management!'

The man replied, "A hundred jars of olive oil.' The manager told him, "Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write "50."'

Then he asked another debtor, "How much do you owe?' The man replied, "A hundred containers of wheat.' The manager told him, "Get your bill and write "80."'

The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own.

And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own?

"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"

So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.

Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

"Then Abraham told him, "If your brothers do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.'"

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

"Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, "Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.'

That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"

When Jesus saw them, he told them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." While they were going, they were made clean.

Jesus asked, "Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine?

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

Then he told the man, "Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well."

People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."

People will say to you, "Look! There he is!' or "Look! Here he is!' But don't go and chase after him.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

So it was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Then they asked him, "Where, Lord, will this take place?" He told them, "Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather."

He said, "In a city there was a judge who didn't fear God or respect people.

For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people,

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"

Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

Now some people were even bringing their infants to Jesus to have him touch them. But when the disciples saw this, they sternly told the people not to do that.

You know the commandments: "Never commit adultery. Never murder. Never steal. Never give false testimony. Honor your father and mother.'"

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus replied, "The things that are impossible for people are possible for God."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

So Jesus told him, "See again! Your faith has made you well."

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

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'

"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'

The king told him, "I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn't deposit and harvest what I didn't plant?

If anyone asks you why you are untying it, say this: "The Lord needs it.'"

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

While they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, "Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet."

He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

"If you had only known today what could have brought you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight,

because the days will come when your enemies will build walls around you, surround you, and close you in on every side.

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling things.

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

and asked him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Was John's authority to baptize from heaven or from humans?"

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

So they answered that they didn't know where it was from.

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

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

So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless.

Jesus told them, "Those who belong to this age marry and are married,

but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Nor can they die anymore, because they are like the angels and, since they share in the resurrection, are God's children.

Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

While all the people were listening, he told his disciples,

Now while some people were talking about the Temple how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God he said,

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

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

And yet not a hair on your head will be lost.

By your endurance you will protect your lives."

because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.

"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled."

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

"Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is approaching."

"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise

So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

They were delighted, and agreed to give him money.

They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

and say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks you, "Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?"'

But he told them, "The kings of the unbelievers lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.

Because who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? It is the one at the table, isn't it? But I'm among you as one who serves.

"You are the ones who have always stood by me in my trials.

but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing at all."

So they said, "Lord, look! Here are two swords." He answered them, "Enough of that!"

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

He asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

But Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

When those who were around Jesus saw what was about to take place, they asked, "Lord, should we attack with our swords?"