10:1 After this ¹  the Lord appointed seventy-two ²  others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town ³  and place where he himself was about to go. 10:2 He ⁴  said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest ⁵  to send out ⁶  workers into his harvest. 10:3 Go! I ⁷  am sending you out like lambs ⁸  surrounded by wolves. ⁹  10:4 Do not carry ¹⁰  a money bag, ¹¹  a traveler’s bag, ¹²  or sandals, and greet no one on the road. ¹³  10:5 Whenever ¹⁴  you enter a house, ¹⁵  first say, ‘May peace ¹⁶  be on this house!’ 10:6 And if a peace-loving person ¹⁷  is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. ¹⁸  10:7 Stay ¹⁹  in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, ²⁰  for the worker deserves his pay. ²¹  Do not move around from house to house. 10:8 Whenever ²²  you enter a town ²³  and the people ²⁴  welcome you, eat what is set before you. 10:9 Heal ²⁵  the sick in that town ²⁶  and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God ²⁷  has come upon ²⁸  you!’ 10:10 But whenever ²⁹  you enter a town ³⁰  and the people ³¹  do not welcome ³²  you, go into its streets ³³  and say, 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town ³⁴  that clings to our feet we wipe off ³⁵  against you. ³⁶  Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ ³⁷  10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom ³⁸  than for that town! ³⁹ 

10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ⁴⁰  Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if ⁴¹  the miracles ⁴²  done in you had been done in Tyre ⁴³  and Sidon, ⁴⁴  they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! 10:15 And you, Capernaum, ⁴⁵  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁴⁶  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁴⁷ 

10:16 “The one who listens ⁴⁸  to you listens to me, ⁴⁹  and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects ⁵⁰  the one who sent me.” ⁵¹ 

10:17 Then ⁵²  the seventy-two ⁵³  returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to ⁵⁴  us in your name!” ⁵⁵  10:18 So ⁵⁶  he said to them, “I saw ⁵⁷  Satan fall ⁵⁸  like lightning ⁵⁹  from heaven. 10:19 Look, I have given you authority to tread ⁶⁰  on snakes and scorpions ⁶¹  and on the full force of the enemy, ⁶²  and nothing will ⁶³  hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ⁶⁴  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ⁶⁵  that your names stand written ⁶⁶  in heaven.”

10:21 On that same occasion ⁶⁷  Jesus ⁶⁸  rejoiced ⁶⁹  in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise ⁷⁰  you, Father, Lord ⁷¹  of heaven and earth, because ⁷²  you have hidden these things from the wise ⁷³  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ⁷⁴  10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. ⁷⁵  No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ⁷⁶  to reveal him.”

10:23 Then ⁷⁷  Jesus ⁷⁸  turned ⁷⁹  to his ⁸⁰  disciples and said privately, “Blessed ⁸¹  are the eyes that see what you see! 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see ⁸²  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

10:25 Now ⁸³  an expert in religious law ⁸⁴  stood up to test Jesus, ⁸⁵  saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ⁸⁶  10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” ⁸⁷  10:27 The expert ⁸⁸  answered, “Love ⁸⁹  the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, ⁹⁰  and love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁹¹  10:28 Jesus ⁹²  said to him, “You have answered correctly; ⁹³  do this, and you will live.”

10:29 But the expert, ⁹⁴  wanting to justify ⁹⁵  himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 10:30 Jesus replied, ⁹⁶  “A man was going down ⁹⁷  from Jerusalem ⁹⁸  to Jericho, ⁹⁹  and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat ¹⁰⁰  him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. ¹⁰¹  10:31 Now by chance ¹⁰²  a priest was going down that road, but ¹⁰³  when he saw the injured man ¹⁰⁴  he passed by ¹⁰⁵  on the other side. ¹⁰⁶  10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to ¹⁰⁷  the place and saw him, ¹⁰⁸  passed by on the other side. 10:33 But ¹⁰⁹  a Samaritan ¹¹⁰  who was traveling ¹¹¹  came to where the injured man ¹¹²  was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. ¹¹³  10:34 He ¹¹⁴  went up to him ¹¹⁵  and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil ¹¹⁶  and wine on them. Then ¹¹⁷  he put him on ¹¹⁸  his own animal, ¹¹⁹  brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The ¹²⁰  next day he took out two silver coins ¹²¹  and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ ¹²²  10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor ¹²³  to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 10:37 The expert in religious law ¹²⁴  said, “The one who showed mercy ¹²⁵  to him.” So ¹²⁶  Jesus said to him, “Go and do ¹²⁷  the same.”

10:38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus ¹²⁸  entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. ¹²⁹  10:39 She ¹³⁰  had a sister named Mary, who sat ¹³¹  at the Lord’s feet ¹³²  and listened to what he said. 10:40 But Martha was distracted ¹³³  with all the preparations she had to make, ¹³⁴  so ¹³⁵  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ¹³⁶  that my sister has left me to do all the work ¹³⁷  alone? Tell ¹³⁸  her to help me.” 10:41 But the Lord ¹³⁹  answered her, ¹⁴⁰  “Martha, Martha, ¹⁴¹  you are worried and troubled ¹⁴²  about many things, 10:42 but one thing ¹⁴³  is needed. Mary has chosen the best ¹⁴⁴  part; it will not be taken away from her.”

11:1 Now ¹⁴⁵  Jesus ¹⁴⁶  was praying in a certain place. When ¹⁴⁷  he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John ¹⁴⁸  taught ¹⁴⁹  his disciples.” 11:2 So he said to them, “When you pray, ¹⁵⁰  say:

Father, ¹⁵¹  may your name be honored; ¹⁵² 

may your kingdom come. ¹⁵³ 

11:3 Give us each day our daily bread, ¹⁵⁴ 

11:4 and forgive us our sins,

for we also forgive everyone who sins ¹⁵⁵  against us.

And do not lead us into temptation.” ¹⁵⁶ 

11:5 Then ¹⁵⁷  he said to them, “Suppose one of you ¹⁵⁸  has a friend, and you go to him ¹⁵⁹  at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ¹⁶⁰  11:6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, ¹⁶¹  and I have nothing to set before ¹⁶²  him.’ 11:7 Then ¹⁶³  he will reply ¹⁶⁴  from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. ¹⁶⁵  I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ¹⁶⁶  11:8 I tell you, even though the man inside ¹⁶⁷  will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s ¹⁶⁸  sheer persistence ¹⁶⁹  he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

11:9 “So ¹⁷⁰  I tell you: Ask, ¹⁷¹  and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door ¹⁷²  will be opened for you. 11:10 For everyone who asks ¹⁷³  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door ¹⁷⁴  will be opened. 11:11 What father among you, if your ¹⁷⁵  son asks for ¹⁷⁶  a fish, will give him a snake ¹⁷⁷  instead of a fish? 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹⁷⁸  11:13 If you then, although you are ¹⁷⁹  evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit ¹⁸⁰  to those who ask him!”

11:14 Now ¹⁸¹  he was casting out a demon that was mute. ¹⁸²  When ¹⁸³  the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, ¹⁸⁴  and the crowds were amazed. 11:15 But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, ¹⁸⁵  the ruler ¹⁸⁶  of demons, he casts out demons.” 11:16 Others, to test ¹⁸⁷  him, ¹⁸⁸  began asking for ¹⁸⁹  a sign ¹⁹⁰  from heaven. 11:17 But Jesus, ¹⁹¹  realizing their thoughts, said to them, ¹⁹²  “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, ¹⁹³  and a divided household falls. ¹⁹⁴  11:18 So ¹⁹⁵  if ¹⁹⁶  Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because ¹⁹⁷  you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons ¹⁹⁸  cast them ¹⁹⁹  out? Therefore they will be your judges. 11:20 But if I cast out demons by the finger ²⁰⁰  of God, then the kingdom of God ²⁰¹  has already overtaken ²⁰²  you. 11:21 When a strong man, ²⁰³  fully armed, guards his own palace, ²⁰⁴  his possessions are safe. ²⁰⁵  11:22 But ²⁰⁶  when a stronger man ²⁰⁷  attacks ²⁰⁸  and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s ²⁰⁹  armor on which the man relied ²¹⁰  and divides up ²¹¹  his plunder. ²¹²  11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, ²¹³  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ²¹⁴ 

11:24 “When an unclean spirit ²¹⁵  goes out of a person, ²¹⁶  it passes through waterless places ²¹⁷  looking for rest but ²¹⁸  not finding any. Then ²¹⁹  it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ ²²⁰  11:25 When it returns, ²²¹  it finds the house ²²²  swept clean and put in order. ²²³  11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ²²⁴  the last state of that person ²²⁵  is worse than the first.” ²²⁶ 

11:27 As ²²⁷  he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out ²²⁸  to him, “Blessed is the womb ²²⁹  that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!” ²³⁰  11:28 But he replied, ²³¹  “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey ²³²  it!”

11:29 As ²³³  the crowds were increasing, Jesus ²³⁴  began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, ²³⁵  but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. ²³⁶  11:30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ²³⁷  so the Son of Man will be a sign ²³⁸  to this generation. ²³⁹  11:31 The queen of the South ²⁴⁰  will rise up at the judgment ²⁴¹  with the people ²⁴²  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ²⁴³  something greater ²⁴⁴  than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people ²⁴⁵  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ²⁴⁶  – and now, ²⁴⁷  something greater than Jonah is here!

11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place ²⁴⁸  or under a basket, ²⁴⁹  but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, ²⁵⁰  your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, ²⁵¹  your body is full of darkness. 11:35 Therefore see to it ²⁵²  that the light in you ²⁵³  is not darkness. 11:36 If ²⁵⁴  then ²⁵⁵  your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, ²⁵⁶  it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” ²⁵⁷ 

11:37 As he spoke, ²⁵⁸  a Pharisee ²⁵⁹  invited Jesus ²⁶⁰  to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. ²⁶¹  11:38 The ²⁶²  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ²⁶³  did not first wash his hands ²⁶⁴  before the meal. 11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean ²⁶⁵  the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ²⁶⁶  11:40 You fools! ²⁶⁷  Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well? ²⁶⁸  11:41 But give from your heart to those in need, ²⁶⁹  and ²⁷⁰  then everything will be clean for you. ²⁷¹ 

11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! ²⁷²  You give a tenth ²⁷³  of your mint, ²⁷⁴  rue, ²⁷⁵  and every herb, yet you neglect justice ²⁷⁶  and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. ²⁷⁷  11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ²⁷⁸  in the synagogues ²⁷⁹  and elaborate greetings ²⁸⁰  in the marketplaces! 11:44 Woe to you! ²⁸¹  You are like unmarked graves, and people ²⁸²  walk over them without realizing it!” ²⁸³ 

11:45 One of the experts in religious law ²⁸⁴  answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult ²⁸⁵  us too.” 11:46 But Jesus ²⁸⁶  replied, ²⁸⁷  “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! ²⁸⁸  You load people ²⁸⁹  down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch ²⁹⁰  the burdens with even one of your fingers! 11:47 Woe to you! You build ²⁹¹  the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors ²⁹²  killed. 11:48 So you testify that you approve of ²⁹³  the deeds of your ancestors, ²⁹⁴  because they killed the prophets ²⁹⁵  and you build their ²⁹⁶  tombs! ²⁹⁷  11:49 For this reason also the wisdom ²⁹⁸  of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ 11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable ²⁹⁹  for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning ³⁰⁰  of the world, ³⁰¹  11:51 from the blood of Abel ³⁰²  to the blood of Zechariah, ³⁰³  who was killed ³⁰⁴  between the altar and the sanctuary. ³⁰⁵  Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against ³⁰⁶  this generation. 11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ³⁰⁷  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ³⁰⁸  those who were going in.”

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ³⁰⁹  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ³¹⁰  and to ask him hostile questions ³¹¹  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ³¹²  him, to catch ³¹³  him in something he might say.

12:1 Meanwhile, ³¹⁴  when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus ³¹⁵  began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against ³¹⁶  the yeast of the Pharisees, ³¹⁷  which is hypocrisy. ³¹⁸  12:2 Nothing is hidden ³¹⁹  that will not be revealed, ³²⁰  and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 12:3 So then ³²¹  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ³²²  in private rooms ³²³  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ³²⁴ 

12:4 “I ³²⁵  tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, ³²⁶  and after that have nothing more they can do. 12:5 But I will warn ³²⁷  you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, ³²⁸  has authority to throw you ³²⁹  into hell. ³³⁰  Yes, I tell you, fear him! 12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? ³³¹  Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 12:7 In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; ³³²  you are more valuable than many sparrows.

12:8 “I ³³³  tell you, whoever acknowledges ³³⁴  me before men, ³³⁵  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ³³⁶  before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels. 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit ³³⁷  will not be forgiven. ³³⁸  12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, ³³⁹  the ³⁴⁰  rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense ³⁴¹  or what you should say, 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment ³⁴²  what you must say.” ³⁴³ 

12:13 Then ³⁴⁴  someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell ³⁴⁵  my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 12:14 But Jesus ³⁴⁶  said to him, “Man, ³⁴⁷  who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” ³⁴⁸  12:15 Then ³⁴⁹  he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from ³⁵⁰  all types of greed, ³⁵¹  because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 12:16 He then ³⁵²  told them a parable: ³⁵³  “The land of a certain rich man produced ³⁵⁴  an abundant crop, 12:17 so ³⁵⁵  he thought to himself, ³⁵⁶  ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ³⁵⁷  12:18 Then ³⁵⁸  he said, ‘I ³⁵⁹  will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 And I will say to myself, ³⁶⁰  “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life ³⁶¹  will be demanded back from ³⁶²  you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ ³⁶³  12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, ³⁶⁴  but is not rich toward God.”

12:22 Then ³⁶⁵  Jesus ³⁶⁶  said to his ³⁶⁷  disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ³⁶⁸  about your ³⁶⁹  life, what you will eat, or about your ³⁷⁰  body, what you will wear. 12:23 For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing. 12:24 Consider the ravens: ³⁷¹  They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds ³⁷²  them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! 12:25 And which of you by worrying ³⁷³  can add an hour to his life? ³⁷⁴  12:26 So if ³⁷⁵  you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about ³⁷⁶  the rest? 12:27 Consider how the flowers ³⁷⁷  grow; they do not work ³⁷⁸  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! 12:28 And if ³⁷⁹  this is how God clothes the wild grass, ³⁸⁰  which is here ³⁸¹  today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, ³⁸²  how much more ³⁸³  will he clothe you, you people of little faith! 12:29 So ³⁸⁴  do not be overly concerned about ³⁸⁵  what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things. ³⁸⁶  12:30 For all the nations of the world pursue ³⁸⁷  these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 12:31 Instead, pursue ³⁸⁸  his ³⁸⁹  kingdom, ³⁹⁰  and these things will be given to you as well.

12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased ³⁹¹  to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions ³⁹²  and give to the poor. ³⁹³  Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven ³⁹⁴  that never decreases, ³⁹⁵  where no thief approaches and no moth ³⁹⁶  destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure ³⁹⁷  is, there your heart will be also.

12:35 “Get dressed for service ³⁹⁸  and keep your lamps burning; ³⁹⁹  12:36 be like people ⁴⁰⁰  waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, ⁴⁰¹  so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 12:37 Blessed are those slaves ⁴⁰²  whom their master finds alert ⁴⁰³  when he returns! I tell you the truth, ⁴⁰⁴  he will dress himself to serve, ⁴⁰⁵  have them take their place at the table, ⁴⁰⁶  and will come ⁴⁰⁷  and wait on them! ⁴⁰⁸  12:38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night ⁴⁰⁹  and finds them alert, ⁴¹⁰  blessed are those slaves! ⁴¹¹  12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ⁴¹²  was coming, he would not have let ⁴¹³  his house be broken into. 12:40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” ⁴¹⁴ 

12:41 Then ⁴¹⁵  Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” ⁴¹⁶  12:42 The Lord replied, ⁴¹⁷  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ⁴¹⁸  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ⁴¹⁹  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? 12:43 Blessed is that slave ⁴²⁰  whom his master finds at work ⁴²¹  when he returns. 12:44 I tell you the truth, ⁴²²  the master ⁴²³  will put him in charge of all his possessions. 12:45 But if ⁴²⁴  that ⁴²⁵  slave should say to himself, ⁴²⁶  ‘My master is delayed ⁴²⁷  in returning,’ and he begins to beat ⁴²⁸  the other ⁴²⁹  slaves, both men and women, ⁴³⁰  and to eat, drink, and get drunk, 12:46 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, ⁴³¹  and assign him a place with the unfaithful. ⁴³²  12:47 That ⁴³³  servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked ⁴³⁴  will receive a severe beating. 12:48 But the one who did not know his master’s will ⁴³⁵  and did things worthy of punishment ⁴³⁶  will receive a light beating. ⁴³⁷  From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, ⁴³⁸  and from the one who has been entrusted with much, ⁴³⁹  even more will be asked. ⁴⁴⁰ 

12:49 “I have come ⁴⁴¹  to bring ⁴⁴²  fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled! 12:50 I have a baptism ⁴⁴³  to undergo, ⁴⁴⁴  and how distressed I am until it is finished! 12:51 Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! ⁴⁴⁵  12:52 For from now on ⁴⁴⁶  there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. 12:53 They will be divided, ⁴⁴⁷  father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

12:54 Jesus ⁴⁴⁸  also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, ⁴⁴⁹  you say at once, ‘A rainstorm ⁴⁵⁰  is coming,’ and it does. 12:55 And when you see the south wind ⁴⁵¹  blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is. 12:56 You hypocrites! ⁴⁵²  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ⁴⁵³  to interpret the present time?

12:57 “And ⁴⁵⁴  why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, ⁴⁵⁵  make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, ⁴⁵⁶  and the officer throw you into prison. 12:59 I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!” ⁴⁵⁷ 

13:1 Now ⁴⁵⁸  there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ⁴⁵⁹  13:2 He ⁴⁶⁰  answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners ⁴⁶¹  than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? 13:3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, ⁴⁶²  you will all perish as well! ⁴⁶³  13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed ⁴⁶⁴  when the tower in Siloam fell on them, ⁴⁶⁵  do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? ⁴⁶⁶  13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent ⁴⁶⁷  you will all perish as well!” ⁴⁶⁸ 

13:6 Then ⁴⁶⁹  Jesus ⁴⁷⁰  told this parable: “A man had a fig tree ⁴⁷¹  planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 13:7 So ⁴⁷²  he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For ⁴⁷³  three years ⁴⁷⁴  now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it ⁴⁷⁵  I find none. Cut ⁴⁷⁶  it down! Why ⁴⁷⁷  should it continue to deplete ⁴⁷⁸  the soil?’ 13:8 But the worker ⁴⁷⁹  answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer ⁴⁸⁰  on it. 13:9 Then if ⁴⁸¹  it bears fruit next year, ⁴⁸²  very well, ⁴⁸³  but if ⁴⁸⁴  not, you can cut it down.’”

13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues ⁴⁸⁵  on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there ⁴⁸⁶  who had been disabled by a spirit ⁴⁸⁷  for eighteen years. She ⁴⁸⁸  was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. ⁴⁸⁹  13:12 When ⁴⁹⁰  Jesus saw her, he called her to him ⁴⁹¹  and said, “Woman, ⁴⁹²  you are freed ⁴⁹³  from your infirmity.” ⁴⁹⁴  13:13 Then ⁴⁹⁵  he placed his hands on her, and immediately ⁴⁹⁶  she straightened up and praised God. 13:14 But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ⁴⁹⁷  should be done! ⁴⁹⁸  So come ⁴⁹⁹  and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, ⁵⁰⁰  “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, ⁵⁰¹  and lead it to water? ⁵⁰²  13:16 Then ⁵⁰³  shouldn’t ⁵⁰⁴  this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan ⁵⁰⁵  bound for eighteen long ⁵⁰⁶  years, be released from this imprisonment ⁵⁰⁷  on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When ⁵⁰⁸  he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, ⁵⁰⁹  but ⁵¹⁰  the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things ⁵¹¹  he was doing. ⁵¹² 

13:18 Thus Jesus ⁵¹³  asked, ⁵¹⁴  “What is the kingdom of God ⁵¹⁵  like? ⁵¹⁶  To ⁵¹⁷  what should I compare it? 13:19 It is like a mustard seed ⁵¹⁸  that a man took and sowed ⁵¹⁹  in his garden. It ⁵²⁰  grew and became a tree, ⁵²¹  and the wild birds ⁵²²  nested in its branches.” ⁵²³ 

13:20 Again ⁵²⁴  he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? ⁵²⁵  13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ⁵²⁶  three measures ⁵²⁷  of flour until all the dough had risen.” ⁵²⁸ 

13:22 Then ⁵²⁹  Jesus ⁵³⁰  traveled throughout ⁵³¹  towns ⁵³²  and villages, teaching and making his way toward ⁵³³  Jerusalem. ⁵³⁴  13:23 Someone ⁵³⁵  asked ⁵³⁶  him, “Lord, will only a few ⁵³⁷  be saved?” So ⁵³⁸  he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort ⁵³⁹  to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once ⁵⁴⁰  the head of the house ⁵⁴¹  gets up ⁵⁴²  and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, ⁵⁴³  let us in!’ ⁵⁴⁴  But he will answer you, ⁵⁴⁵  ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ ⁵⁴⁶  13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ⁵⁴⁷  13:27 But ⁵⁴⁸  he will reply, ⁵⁴⁹  ‘I don’t know where you come from! ⁵⁵⁰  Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ ⁵⁵¹  13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth ⁵⁵²  when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, ⁵⁵³  and all the prophets in the kingdom of God ⁵⁵⁴  but you yourselves thrown out. ⁵⁵⁵  13:29 Then ⁵⁵⁶  people ⁵⁵⁷  will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table ⁵⁵⁸  in the kingdom of God. ⁵⁵⁹  13:30 But ⁵⁶⁰  indeed, ⁵⁶¹  some are last ⁵⁶²  who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

13:31 At that time, ⁵⁶³  some Pharisees ⁵⁶⁴  came up and said to Jesus, ⁵⁶⁵  “Get away from here, ⁵⁶⁶  because Herod ⁵⁶⁷  wants to kill you.” 13:32 But ⁵⁶⁸  he said to them, “Go ⁵⁶⁹  and tell that fox, ⁵⁷⁰  ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day ⁵⁷¹  I will complete my work. ⁵⁷²  13:33 Nevertheless I must ⁵⁷³  go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible ⁵⁷⁴  that a prophet should be killed ⁵⁷⁵  outside Jerusalem.’ ⁵⁷⁶  13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ⁵⁷⁷  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ⁵⁷⁸  How often I have longed ⁵⁷⁹  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ⁵⁸⁰  you would have none of it! ⁵⁸¹  13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! ⁵⁸²  And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” ⁵⁸³ 

14:1 Now ⁵⁸⁴  one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine ⁵⁸⁵  at the house of a leader ⁵⁸⁶  of the Pharisees, ⁵⁸⁷  they were watching ⁵⁸⁸  him closely. 14:2 There ⁵⁸⁹  right ⁵⁹⁰  in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. ⁵⁹¹  14:3 So ⁵⁹²  Jesus asked ⁵⁹³  the experts in religious law ⁵⁹⁴  and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath ⁵⁹⁵  or not?” 14:4 But they remained silent. So ⁵⁹⁶  Jesus ⁵⁹⁷  took hold of the man, ⁵⁹⁸  healed him, and sent him away. ⁵⁹⁹  14:5 Then ⁶⁰⁰  he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son ⁶⁰¹  or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” 14:6 But ⁶⁰²  they could not reply ⁶⁰³  to this.

14:7 Then ⁶⁰⁴  when Jesus ⁶⁰⁵  noticed how the guests ⁶⁰⁶  chose the places of honor, ⁶⁰⁷  he told them a parable. He said to them, 14:8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, ⁶⁰⁸  do not take ⁶⁰⁹  the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. ⁶¹⁰  14:9 So ⁶¹¹  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ⁶¹²  you will begin to move to the least important ⁶¹³  place. 14:10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host ⁶¹⁴  approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ ⁶¹⁵  Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you. 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but ⁶¹⁶  the one who humbles ⁶¹⁷  himself will be exalted.”

14:12 He ⁶¹⁸  said also to the man ⁶¹⁹  who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, ⁶²⁰  don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid. 14:13 But when you host an elaborate meal, ⁶²¹  invite the poor, the crippled, ⁶²²  the lame, and ⁶²³  the blind. ⁶²⁴  14:14 Then ⁶²⁵  you will be blessed, ⁶²⁶  because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid ⁶²⁷  at the resurrection of the righteous.”

14:15 When ⁶²⁸  one of those at the meal with Jesus ⁶²⁹  heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone ⁶³⁰  who will feast ⁶³¹  in the kingdom of God!” ⁶³²  14:16 But Jesus ⁶³³  said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet ⁶³⁴  and invited ⁶³⁵  many guests. ⁶³⁶  14:17 At ⁶³⁷  the time for the banquet ⁶³⁸  he sent his slave ⁶³⁹  to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’ 14:18 But one after another they all ⁶⁴⁰  began to make excuses. ⁶⁴¹  The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, ⁶⁴²  and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ ⁶⁴³  14:19 Another ⁶⁴⁴  said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, ⁶⁴⁵  and I am going out ⁶⁴⁶  to examine them. Please excuse me.’ 14:20 Another ⁶⁴⁷  said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’ ⁶⁴⁸  14:21 So ⁶⁴⁹  the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious ⁶⁵⁰  and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly ⁶⁵¹  to the streets and alleys of the city, ⁶⁵²  and bring in the poor, ⁶⁵³  the crippled, ⁶⁵⁴  the blind, and the lame.’ 14:22 Then ⁶⁵⁵  the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’ ⁶⁵⁶  14:23 So ⁶⁵⁷  the master said to his ⁶⁵⁸  slave, ‘Go out to the highways ⁶⁵⁹  and country roads ⁶⁶⁰  and urge ⁶⁶¹  people ⁶⁶²  to come in, so that my house will be filled. ⁶⁶³  14:24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals ⁶⁶⁴  who were invited ⁶⁶⁵  will taste my banquet!’” ⁶⁶⁶ 

14:25 Now large crowds ⁶⁶⁷  were accompanying Jesus, ⁶⁶⁸  and turning to them he said, 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate ⁶⁶⁹  his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, ⁶⁷⁰  he cannot be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever does not carry his own cross ⁶⁷¹  and follow ⁶⁷²  me cannot be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down ⁶⁷³  first and compute the cost ⁶⁷⁴  to see if he has enough money to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, ⁶⁷⁵  when he has laid ⁶⁷⁶  a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, ⁶⁷⁷  all who see it ⁶⁷⁸  will begin to make fun of ⁶⁷⁹  him. 14:30 They will say, ⁶⁸⁰  ‘This man ⁶⁸¹  began to build and was not able to finish!’ ⁶⁸²  14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down ⁶⁸³  first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose ⁶⁸⁴  the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 If he cannot succeed, ⁶⁸⁵  he will send a representative ⁶⁸⁶  while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. ⁶⁸⁷  14:33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. ⁶⁸⁸ 

14:34 “Salt ⁶⁸⁹  is good, but if salt loses its flavor, ⁶⁹⁰  how can its flavor be restored? 14:35 It is of no value ⁶⁹¹  for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. ⁶⁹²  The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ⁶⁹³ 

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ⁶⁹⁴  and sinners were coming ⁶⁹⁵  to hear him. 15:2 But ⁶⁹⁶  the Pharisees ⁶⁹⁷  and the experts in the law ⁶⁹⁸  were complaining, ⁶⁹⁹  “This man welcomes ⁷⁰⁰  sinners and eats with them.”

15:3 So ⁷⁰¹  Jesus ⁷⁰²  told them ⁷⁰³  this parable: ⁷⁰⁴  15:4 “Which one ⁷⁰⁵  of you, if he has a hundred ⁷⁰⁶  sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture ⁷⁰⁷  and go look for ⁷⁰⁸  the one that is lost until he finds it? ⁷⁰⁹  15:5 Then ⁷¹⁰  when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 15:6 Returning ⁷¹¹  home, he calls together ⁷¹²  his ⁷¹³  friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner ⁷¹⁴  who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people ⁷¹⁵  who have no need to repent. ⁷¹⁶ 

15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins ⁷¹⁷  and loses ⁷¹⁸  one of them, ⁷¹⁹  does not light a lamp, sweep ⁷²⁰  the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it? 15:9 Then ⁷²¹  when she has found it, she calls together her ⁷²²  friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice ⁷²³  with me, for I have found the coin ⁷²⁴  that I had lost.’ 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels ⁷²⁵  over one sinner who repents.”

15:11 Then ⁷²⁶  Jesus ⁷²⁷  said, “A man had two sons. 15:12 The ⁷²⁸  younger of them said to his ⁷²⁹  father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate ⁷³⁰  that will belong ⁷³¹  to me.’ So ⁷³²  he divided his ⁷³³  assets between them. ⁷³⁴  15:13 After ⁷³⁵  a few days, ⁷³⁶  the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered ⁷³⁷  his wealth ⁷³⁸  with a wild lifestyle. 15:14 Then ⁷³⁹  after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15:15 So he went and worked for ⁷⁴⁰  one of the citizens of that country, who ⁷⁴¹  sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ⁷⁴²  15:16 He ⁷⁴³  was longing to eat ⁷⁴⁴  the carob pods ⁷⁴⁵  the pigs were eating, but ⁷⁴⁶  no one gave him anything. 15:17 But when he came to his senses ⁷⁴⁷  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ⁷⁴⁸  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger! 15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ⁷⁴⁹  against heaven ⁷⁵⁰  and against ⁷⁵¹  you. 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me ⁷⁵²  like one of your hired workers.”’ 15:20 So ⁷⁵³  he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home ⁷⁵⁴  his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; ⁷⁵⁵  he ran and hugged ⁷⁵⁶  his son ⁷⁵⁷  and kissed him. 15:21 Then ⁷⁵⁸  his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven ⁷⁵⁹  and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ⁷⁶⁰  15:22 But the father said to his slaves, ⁷⁶¹  ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, ⁷⁶²  and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger ⁷⁶³  and sandals ⁷⁶⁴  on his feet! 15:23 Bring ⁷⁶⁵  the fattened calf ⁷⁶⁶  and kill it! Let us eat ⁷⁶⁷  and celebrate, 15:24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again – he was lost and is found!’ ⁷⁶⁸  So ⁷⁶⁹  they began to celebrate.

15:25 “Now his older son was in the field. As ⁷⁷⁰  he came and approached the house, he heard music ⁷⁷¹  and dancing. 15:26 So ⁷⁷²  he called one of the slaves ⁷⁷³  and asked what was happening. 15:27 The slave replied, ⁷⁷⁴  ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf ⁷⁷⁵  because he got his son ⁷⁷⁶  back safe and sound.’ 15:28 But the older son ⁷⁷⁷  became angry ⁷⁷⁸  and refused ⁷⁷⁹  to go in. His father came out and appealed to him, 15:29 but he answered ⁷⁸⁰  his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave ⁷⁸¹  for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet ⁷⁸²  you never gave me even a goat ⁷⁸³  so that I could celebrate with my friends! 15:30 But when this son of yours ⁷⁸⁴  came back, who has devoured ⁷⁸⁵  your assets with prostitutes, ⁷⁸⁶  you killed the fattened calf ⁷⁸⁷  for him!’ 15:31 Then ⁷⁸⁸  the father ⁷⁸⁹  said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours. 15:32 It was appropriate ⁷⁹⁰  to celebrate and be glad, for your brother ⁷⁹¹  was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’” ⁷⁹² 

16:1 Jesus ⁷⁹³  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ⁷⁹⁴  that his manager ⁷⁹⁵  was wasting ⁷⁹⁶  his assets. 16:2 So ⁷⁹⁷  he called the manager ⁷⁹⁸  in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? ⁷⁹⁹  Turn in the account of your administration, ⁸⁰⁰  because you can no longer be my manager.’ 16:3 Then ⁸⁰¹  the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position ⁸⁰²  away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, ⁸⁰³  and I’m too ashamed ⁸⁰⁴  to beg. 16:4 I know ⁸⁰⁵  what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ ⁸⁰⁶  16:5 So ⁸⁰⁷  he contacted ⁸⁰⁸  his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 16:6 The man ⁸⁰⁹  replied, ‘A hundred measures ⁸¹⁰  of olive oil.’ The manager ⁸¹¹  said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ ⁸¹²  16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ⁸¹³  replied, ‘A hundred measures ⁸¹⁴  of wheat.’ The manager ⁸¹⁵  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ⁸¹⁶  16:8 The ⁸¹⁷  master commended the dishonest ⁸¹⁸  manager because he acted shrewdly. ⁸¹⁹  For the people ⁸²⁰  of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries ⁸²¹  than the people ⁸²²  of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, ⁸²³  so that when it runs out you will be welcomed ⁸²⁴  into the eternal homes. ⁸²⁵ 

16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ⁸²⁶  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ⁸²⁷  in handling worldly wealth, ⁸²⁸  who will entrust you with the true riches? ⁸²⁹  16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ⁸³⁰  with someone else’s property, ⁸³¹  who will give you your own ⁸³² ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate ⁸³³  the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise ⁸³⁴  the other. You cannot serve God and money.” ⁸³⁵ 

16:14 The Pharisees ⁸³⁶  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ⁸³⁷  him. 16:15 But ⁸³⁸  Jesus ⁸³⁹  said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, ⁸⁴⁰  but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized ⁸⁴¹  among men is utterly detestable ⁸⁴²  in God’s sight.

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force ⁸⁴³  until John; ⁸⁴⁴  since then, ⁸⁴⁵  the good news of the kingdom of God ⁸⁴⁶  has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. ⁸⁴⁷  16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter ⁸⁴⁸  in the law to become void. ⁸⁴⁹ 

16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries ⁸⁵⁰  someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple ⁸⁵¹  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ⁸⁵²  every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay ⁸⁵³  a poor man named Lazarus ⁸⁵⁴  whose body was covered with sores, ⁸⁵⁵  16:21 who longed to eat ⁸⁵⁶  what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs ⁸⁵⁷  came and licked ⁸⁵⁸  his sores.

16:22 “Now ⁸⁵⁹  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ⁸⁶⁰  The ⁸⁶¹  rich man also died and was buried. ⁸⁶²  16:23 And in hell, ⁸⁶³  as he was in torment, ⁸⁶⁴  he looked up ⁸⁶⁵  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ⁸⁶⁶  16:24 So ⁸⁶⁷  he called out, ⁸⁶⁸  ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus ⁸⁶⁹  to dip the tip of his finger ⁸⁷⁰  in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish ⁸⁷¹  in this fire.’ ⁸⁷²  16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, ⁸⁷³  remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. ⁸⁷⁴  16:26 Besides all this, ⁸⁷⁵  a great chasm ⁸⁷⁶  has been fixed between us, ⁸⁷⁷  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So ⁸⁷⁸  the rich man ⁸⁷⁹  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus ⁸⁸⁰  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn ⁸⁸¹  them so that they don’t come ⁸⁸²  into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, ⁸⁸³  ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to ⁸⁸⁴  them.’ 16:30 Then ⁸⁸⁵  the rich man ⁸⁸⁶  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁸⁸⁷  goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He ⁸⁸⁸  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁸⁸⁹  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁸⁹⁰ 

17:1 Jesus ⁸⁹¹  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ⁸⁹²  to the one through whom they come! 17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone ⁸⁹³  tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea ⁸⁹⁴  than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. ⁸⁹⁵  17:3 Watch ⁸⁹⁶  yourselves! If ⁸⁹⁷  your brother ⁸⁹⁸  sins, rebuke him. If ⁸⁹⁹  he repents, forgive him. 17:4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive ⁹⁰⁰  him.”

17:5 The ⁹⁰¹  apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁹⁰²  17:6 So ⁹⁰³  the Lord replied, ⁹⁰⁴  “If ⁹⁰⁵  you had faith the size of ⁹⁰⁶  a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry ⁹⁰⁷  tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ ⁹⁰⁸  and it would obey ⁹⁰⁹  you.

17:7 “Would any one of you say ⁹¹⁰  to your slave ⁹¹¹  who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? ⁹¹²  17:8 Won’t ⁹¹³  the master ⁹¹⁴  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ⁹¹⁵  to serve me while ⁹¹⁶  I eat and drink. Then ⁹¹⁷  you may eat and drink’? 17:9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, ⁹¹⁸  will he? ⁹¹⁹  17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; ⁹²⁰  we have only done what was our duty.’” ⁹²¹ 

17:11 Now on ⁹²²  the way to Jerusalem, ⁹²³  Jesus ⁹²⁴  was passing along ⁹²⁵  between Samaria and Galilee. 17:12 As ⁹²⁶  he was entering ⁹²⁷  a village, ten men with leprosy ⁹²⁸  met him. They ⁹²⁹  stood at a distance, 17:13 raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy ⁹³⁰  on us.” 17:14 When ⁹³¹  he saw them he said, “Go ⁹³²  and show yourselves to the priests.” ⁹³³  And ⁹³⁴  as they went along, they were cleansed. 17:15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising ⁹³⁵  God with a loud voice. 17:16 He ⁹³⁶  fell with his face to the ground ⁹³⁷  at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. ⁹³⁸  (Now ⁹³⁹  he was a Samaritan.) ⁹⁴⁰  17:17 Then ⁹⁴¹  Jesus said, ⁹⁴²  “Were ⁹⁴³  not ten cleansed? Where are the other ⁹⁴⁴  nine? 17:18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ⁹⁴⁵  17:19 Then ⁹⁴⁶  he said to the man, ⁹⁴⁷  “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.” ⁹⁴⁸ 

17:20 Now at one point ⁹⁴⁹  the Pharisees ⁹⁵⁰  asked Jesus ⁹⁵¹  when the kingdom of God ⁹⁵²  was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs ⁹⁵³  to be observed, 17:21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is ⁹⁵⁴  in your midst.” ⁹⁵⁵ 

17:22 Then ⁹⁵⁶  he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days ⁹⁵⁷  of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 17:23 Then people ⁹⁵⁸  will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ ⁹⁵⁹  or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. ⁹⁶⁰  17:24 For just like the lightning flashes ⁹⁶¹  and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ⁹⁶²  17:25 But first he must ⁹⁶³  suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 17:26 Just ⁹⁶⁴  as it was ⁹⁶⁵  in the days of Noah, ⁹⁶⁶  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27 People ⁹⁶⁷  were eating, ⁹⁶⁸  they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then ⁹⁶⁹  the flood came and destroyed them all. ⁹⁷⁰  17:28 Likewise, just as it was ⁹⁷¹  in the days of Lot, people ⁹⁷²  were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 17:29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. ⁹⁷³  17:30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 17:31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof, ⁹⁷⁴  with his goods in the house, must not come down ⁹⁷⁵  to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife! ⁹⁷⁶  17:33 Whoever tries to keep ⁹⁷⁷  his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ⁹⁷⁸  will preserve it. 17:34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. ⁹⁷⁹  17:35 There will be two women grinding grain together; ⁹⁸⁰  one will be taken and the other left.”

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17:37 Then ⁹⁸²  the disciples ⁹⁸³  said ⁹⁸⁴  to him, “Where, ⁹⁸⁵  Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body ⁹⁸⁶  is, there the vultures ⁹⁸⁷  will gather.” ⁹⁸⁸