9:51 Now when ¹  the days drew near ²  for him to be taken up, ³  Jesus ⁴  set out resolutely ⁵  to go to Jerusalem. ⁶  9:52 He ⁷  sent messengers on ahead of him. ⁸  As they went along, ⁹  they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance ¹⁰  for him, 9:53 but the villagers ¹¹  refused to welcome ¹²  him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. ¹³  9:54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume ¹⁴  them?” ¹⁵  9:55 But Jesus ¹⁶  turned and rebuked them, ¹⁷  9:56 and they went on to another village.

9:57 As ¹⁸  they were walking ¹⁹  along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ²⁰  9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky ²¹  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ²²  9:59 Jesus ²³  said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, ²⁴  “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 9:60 But Jesus ²⁵  said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, ²⁶  but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” ²⁷  9:61 Yet ²⁸  another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” ²⁹  9:62 Jesus ³⁰  said to him, “No one who puts his ³¹  hand to the plow and looks back ³²  is fit for the kingdom of God.” ³³ 

10:1 After this ³⁴  the Lord appointed seventy-two ³⁵  others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town ³⁶  and place where he himself was about to go. 10:2 He ³⁷  said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest ³⁸  to send out ³⁹  workers into his harvest. 10:3 Go! I ⁴⁰  am sending you out like lambs ⁴¹  surrounded by wolves. ⁴²  10:4 Do not carry ⁴³  a money bag, ⁴⁴  a traveler’s bag, ⁴⁵  or sandals, and greet no one on the road. ⁴⁶  10:5 Whenever ⁴⁷  you enter a house, ⁴⁸  first say, ‘May peace ⁴⁹  be on this house!’ 10:6 And if a peace-loving person ⁵⁰  is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. ⁵¹  10:7 Stay ⁵²  in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, ⁵³  for the worker deserves his pay. ⁵⁴  Do not move around from house to house. 10:8 Whenever ⁵⁵  you enter a town ⁵⁶  and the people ⁵⁷  welcome you, eat what is set before you. 10:9 Heal ⁵⁸  the sick in that town ⁵⁹  and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God ⁶⁰  has come upon ⁶¹  you!’ 10:10 But whenever ⁶²  you enter a town ⁶³  and the people ⁶⁴  do not welcome ⁶⁵  you, go into its streets ⁶⁶  and say, 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town ⁶⁷  that clings to our feet we wipe off ⁶⁸  against you. ⁶⁹  Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ ⁷⁰  10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom ⁷¹  than for that town! ⁷² 

10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ⁷³  Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if ⁷⁴  the miracles ⁷⁵  done in you had been done in Tyre ⁷⁶  and Sidon, ⁷⁷  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, ⁷⁸  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁷⁹  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁸⁰ 

10:16 “The one who listens ⁸¹  to you listens to me, ⁸²  and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects ⁸³  the one who sent me.” ⁸⁴ 

10:17 Then ⁸⁵  the seventy-two ⁸⁶  returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to ⁸⁷  us in your name!” ⁸⁸  10:18 So ⁸⁹  he said to them, “I saw ⁹⁰  Satan fall ⁹¹  like lightning ⁹²  from heaven. 10:19 Look, I have given you authority to tread ⁹³  on snakes and scorpions ⁹⁴  and on the full force of the enemy, ⁹⁵  and nothing will ⁹⁶  hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ⁹⁷  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ⁹⁸  that your names stand written ⁹⁹  in heaven.”

10:21 On that same occasion ¹⁰⁰  Jesus ¹⁰¹  rejoiced ¹⁰²  in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise ¹⁰³  you, Father, Lord ¹⁰⁴  of heaven and earth, because ¹⁰⁵  you have hidden these things from the wise ¹⁰⁶  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ¹⁰⁷  10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. ¹⁰⁸  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 ¹⁰⁹  to reveal him.”

10:23 Then ¹¹⁰  Jesus ¹¹¹  turned ¹¹²  to his ¹¹³  disciples and said privately, “Blessed ¹¹⁴  are the eyes that see what you see! 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see ¹¹⁵  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

10:25 Now ¹¹⁶  an expert in religious law ¹¹⁷  stood up to test Jesus, ¹¹⁸  saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹¹⁹  10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” ¹²⁰  10:27 The expert ¹²¹  answered, “Love ¹²²  the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, ¹²³  and love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹²⁴  10:28 Jesus ¹²⁵  said to him, “You have answered correctly; ¹²⁶  do this, and you will live.”

10:29 But the expert, ¹²⁷  wanting to justify ¹²⁸  himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 10:30 Jesus replied, ¹²⁹  “A man was going down ¹³⁰  from Jerusalem ¹³¹  to Jericho, ¹³²  and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat ¹³³  him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. ¹³⁴  10:31 Now by chance ¹³⁵  a priest was going down that road, but ¹³⁶  when he saw the injured man ¹³⁷  he passed by ¹³⁸  on the other side. ¹³⁹  10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to ¹⁴⁰  the place and saw him, ¹⁴¹  passed by on the other side. 10:33 But ¹⁴²  a Samaritan ¹⁴³  who was traveling ¹⁴⁴  came to where the injured man ¹⁴⁵  was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. ¹⁴⁶  10:34 He ¹⁴⁷  went up to him ¹⁴⁸  and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil ¹⁴⁹  and wine on them. Then ¹⁵⁰  he put him on ¹⁵¹  his own animal, ¹⁵²  brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The ¹⁵³  next day he took out two silver coins ¹⁵⁴  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.’ ¹⁵⁵  10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor ¹⁵⁶  to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 10:37 The expert in religious law ¹⁵⁷  said, “The one who showed mercy ¹⁵⁸  to him.” So ¹⁵⁹  Jesus said to him, “Go and do ¹⁶⁰  the same.”

10:38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus ¹⁶¹  entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. ¹⁶²  10:39 She ¹⁶³  had a sister named Mary, who sat ¹⁶⁴  at the Lord’s feet ¹⁶⁵  and listened to what he said. 10:40 But Martha was distracted ¹⁶⁶  with all the preparations she had to make, ¹⁶⁷  so ¹⁶⁸  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ¹⁶⁹  that my sister has left me to do all the work ¹⁷⁰  alone? Tell ¹⁷¹  her to help me.” 10:41 But the Lord ¹⁷²  answered her, ¹⁷³  “Martha, Martha, ¹⁷⁴  you are worried and troubled ¹⁷⁵  about many things, 10:42 but one thing ¹⁷⁶  is needed. Mary has chosen the best ¹⁷⁷  part; it will not be taken away from her.”

11:1 Now ¹⁷⁸  Jesus ¹⁷⁹  was praying in a certain place. When ¹⁸⁰  he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John ¹⁸¹  taught ¹⁸²  his disciples.” 11:2 So he said to them, “When you pray, ¹⁸³  say:

Father, ¹⁸⁴  may your name be honored; ¹⁸⁵ 

may your kingdom come. ¹⁸⁶ 

11:3 Give us each day our daily bread, ¹⁸⁷ 

11:4 and forgive us our sins,

for we also forgive everyone who sins ¹⁸⁸  against us.

And do not lead us into temptation.” ¹⁸⁹ 

11:5 Then ¹⁹⁰  he said to them, “Suppose one of you ¹⁹¹  has a friend, and you go to him ¹⁹²  at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ¹⁹³  11:6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, ¹⁹⁴  and I have nothing to set before ¹⁹⁵  him.’ 11:7 Then ¹⁹⁶  he will reply ¹⁹⁷  from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. ¹⁹⁸  I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ¹⁹⁹  11:8 I tell you, even though the man inside ²⁰⁰  will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s ²⁰¹  sheer persistence ²⁰²  he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

11:9 “So ²⁰³  I tell you: Ask, ²⁰⁴  and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door ²⁰⁵  will be opened for you. 11:10 For everyone who asks ²⁰⁶  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door ²⁰⁷  will be opened. 11:11 What father among you, if your ²⁰⁸  son asks for ²⁰⁹  a fish, will give him a snake ²¹⁰  instead of a fish? 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ²¹¹  11:13 If you then, although you are ²¹²  evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit ²¹³  to those who ask him!”

11:14 Now ²¹⁴  he was casting out a demon that was mute. ²¹⁵  When ²¹⁶  the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, ²¹⁷  and the crowds were amazed. 11:15 But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, ²¹⁸  the ruler ²¹⁹  of demons, he casts out demons.” 11:16 Others, to test ²²⁰  him, ²²¹  began asking for ²²²  a sign ²²³  from heaven. 11:17 But Jesus, ²²⁴  realizing their thoughts, said to them, ²²⁵  “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, ²²⁶  and a divided household falls. ²²⁷  11:18 So ²²⁸  if ²²⁹  Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because ²³⁰  you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons ²³¹  cast them ²³²  out? Therefore they will be your judges. 11:20 But if I cast out demons by the finger ²³³  of God, then the kingdom of God ²³⁴  has already overtaken ²³⁵  you. 11:21 When a strong man, ²³⁶  fully armed, guards his own palace, ²³⁷  his possessions are safe. ²³⁸  11:22 But ²³⁹  when a stronger man ²⁴⁰  attacks ²⁴¹  and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s ²⁴²  armor on which the man relied ²⁴³  and divides up ²⁴⁴  his plunder. ²⁴⁵  11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, ²⁴⁶  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ²⁴⁷ 

11:24 “When an unclean spirit ²⁴⁸  goes out of a person, ²⁴⁹  it passes through waterless places ²⁵⁰  looking for rest but ²⁵¹  not finding any. Then ²⁵²  it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ ²⁵³  11:25 When it returns, ²⁵⁴  it finds the house ²⁵⁵  swept clean and put in order. ²⁵⁶  11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ²⁵⁷  the last state of that person ²⁵⁸  is worse than the first.” ²⁵⁹ 

11:27 As ²⁶⁰  he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out ²⁶¹  to him, “Blessed is the womb ²⁶²  that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!” ²⁶³  11:28 But he replied, ²⁶⁴  “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey ²⁶⁵  it!”

11:29 As ²⁶⁶  the crowds were increasing, Jesus ²⁶⁷  began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, ²⁶⁸  but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. ²⁶⁹  11:30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ²⁷⁰  so the Son of Man will be a sign ²⁷¹  to this generation. ²⁷²  11:31 The queen of the South ²⁷³  will rise up at the judgment ²⁷⁴  with the people ²⁷⁵  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ²⁷⁶  something greater ²⁷⁷  than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people ²⁷⁸  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ²⁷⁹  – and now, ²⁸⁰  something greater than Jonah is here!

11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place ²⁸¹  or under a basket, ²⁸²  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, ²⁸³  your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, ²⁸⁴  your body is full of darkness. 11:35 Therefore see to it ²⁸⁵  that the light in you ²⁸⁶  is not darkness. 11:36 If ²⁸⁷  then ²⁸⁸  your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, ²⁸⁹  it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” ²⁹⁰ 

11:37 As he spoke, ²⁹¹  a Pharisee ²⁹²  invited Jesus ²⁹³  to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. ²⁹⁴  11:38 The ²⁹⁵  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ²⁹⁶  did not first wash his hands ²⁹⁷  before the meal. 11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean ²⁹⁸  the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ²⁹⁹  11:40 You fools! ³⁰⁰  Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well? ³⁰¹  11:41 But give from your heart to those in need, ³⁰²  and ³⁰³  then everything will be clean for you. ³⁰⁴ 

11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! ³⁰⁵  You give a tenth ³⁰⁶  of your mint, ³⁰⁷  rue, ³⁰⁸  and every herb, yet you neglect justice ³⁰⁹  and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. ³¹⁰  11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ³¹¹  in the synagogues ³¹²  and elaborate greetings ³¹³  in the marketplaces! 11:44 Woe to you! ³¹⁴  You are like unmarked graves, and people ³¹⁵  walk over them without realizing it!” ³¹⁶ 

11:45 One of the experts in religious law ³¹⁷  answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult ³¹⁸  us too.” 11:46 But Jesus ³¹⁹  replied, ³²⁰  “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! ³²¹  You load people ³²²  down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch ³²³  the burdens with even one of your fingers! 11:47 Woe to you! You build ³²⁴  the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors ³²⁵  killed. 11:48 So you testify that you approve of ³²⁶  the deeds of your ancestors, ³²⁷  because they killed the prophets ³²⁸  and you build their ³²⁹  tombs! ³³⁰  11:49 For this reason also the wisdom ³³¹  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 ³³²  for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning ³³³  of the world, ³³⁴  11:51 from the blood of Abel ³³⁵  to the blood of Zechariah, ³³⁶  who was killed ³³⁷  between the altar and the sanctuary. ³³⁸  Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against ³³⁹  this generation. 11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ³⁴⁰  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ³⁴¹  those who were going in.”

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ³⁴²  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ³⁴³  and to ask him hostile questions ³⁴⁴  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ³⁴⁵  him, to catch ³⁴⁶  him in something he might say.

12:1 Meanwhile, ³⁴⁷  when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus ³⁴⁸  began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against ³⁴⁹  the yeast of the Pharisees, ³⁵⁰  which is hypocrisy. ³⁵¹  12:2 Nothing is hidden ³⁵²  that will not be revealed, ³⁵³  and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 12:3 So then ³⁵⁴  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ³⁵⁵  in private rooms ³⁵⁶  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ³⁵⁷ 

12:4 “I ³⁵⁸  tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, ³⁵⁹  and after that have nothing more they can do. 12:5 But I will warn ³⁶⁰  you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, ³⁶¹  has authority to throw you ³⁶²  into hell. ³⁶³  Yes, I tell you, fear him! 12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? ³⁶⁴  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; ³⁶⁵  you are more valuable than many sparrows.

12:8 “I ³⁶⁶  tell you, whoever acknowledges ³⁶⁷  me before men, ³⁶⁸  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ³⁶⁹  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 ³⁷⁰  will not be forgiven. ³⁷¹  12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, ³⁷²  the ³⁷³  rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense ³⁷⁴  or what you should say, 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment ³⁷⁵  what you must say.” ³⁷⁶ 

12:13 Then ³⁷⁷  someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell ³⁷⁸  my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 12:14 But Jesus ³⁷⁹  said to him, “Man, ³⁸⁰  who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” ³⁸¹  12:15 Then ³⁸²  he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from ³⁸³  all types of greed, ³⁸⁴  because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 12:16 He then ³⁸⁵  told them a parable: ³⁸⁶  “The land of a certain rich man produced ³⁸⁷  an abundant crop, 12:17 so ³⁸⁸  he thought to himself, ³⁸⁹  ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ³⁹⁰  12:18 Then ³⁹¹  he said, ‘I ³⁹²  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, ³⁹³  “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 ³⁹⁴  will be demanded back from ³⁹⁵  you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ ³⁹⁶  12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, ³⁹⁷  but is not rich toward God.”

12:22 Then ³⁹⁸  Jesus ³⁹⁹  said to his ⁴⁰⁰  disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ⁴⁰¹  about your ⁴⁰²  life, what you will eat, or about your ⁴⁰³  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: ⁴⁰⁴  They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds ⁴⁰⁵  them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! 12:25 And which of you by worrying ⁴⁰⁶  can add an hour to his life? ⁴⁰⁷  12:26 So if ⁴⁰⁸  you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about ⁴⁰⁹  the rest? 12:27 Consider how the flowers ⁴¹⁰  grow; they do not work ⁴¹¹  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! 12:28 And if ⁴¹²  this is how God clothes the wild grass, ⁴¹³  which is here ⁴¹⁴  today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, ⁴¹⁵  how much more ⁴¹⁶  will he clothe you, you people of little faith! 12:29 So ⁴¹⁷  do not be overly concerned about ⁴¹⁸  what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things. ⁴¹⁹  12:30 For all the nations of the world pursue ⁴²⁰  these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 12:31 Instead, pursue ⁴²¹  his ⁴²²  kingdom, ⁴²³  and these things will be given to you as well.

12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased ⁴²⁴  to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions ⁴²⁵  and give to the poor. ⁴²⁶  Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven ⁴²⁷  that never decreases, ⁴²⁸  where no thief approaches and no moth ⁴²⁹  destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure ⁴³⁰  is, there your heart will be also.

12:35 “Get dressed for service ⁴³¹  and keep your lamps burning; ⁴³²  12:36 be like people ⁴³³  waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, ⁴³⁴  so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 12:37 Blessed are those slaves ⁴³⁵  whom their master finds alert ⁴³⁶  when he returns! I tell you the truth, ⁴³⁷  he will dress himself to serve, ⁴³⁸  have them take their place at the table, ⁴³⁹  and will come ⁴⁴⁰  and wait on them! ⁴⁴¹  12:38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night ⁴⁴²  and finds them alert, ⁴⁴³  blessed are those slaves! ⁴⁴⁴  12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ⁴⁴⁵  was coming, he would not have let ⁴⁴⁶  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.” ⁴⁴⁷ 

12:41 Then ⁴⁴⁸  Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” ⁴⁴⁹  12:42 The Lord replied, ⁴⁵⁰  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ⁴⁵¹  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ⁴⁵²  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? 12:43 Blessed is that slave ⁴⁵³  whom his master finds at work ⁴⁵⁴  when he returns. 12:44 I tell you the truth, ⁴⁵⁵  the master ⁴⁵⁶  will put him in charge of all his possessions. 12:45 But if ⁴⁵⁷  that ⁴⁵⁸  slave should say to himself, ⁴⁵⁹  ‘My master is delayed ⁴⁶⁰  in returning,’ and he begins to beat ⁴⁶¹  the other ⁴⁶²  slaves, both men and women, ⁴⁶³  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, ⁴⁶⁴  and assign him a place with the unfaithful. ⁴⁶⁵  12:47 That ⁴⁶⁶  servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked ⁴⁶⁷  will receive a severe beating. 12:48 But the one who did not know his master’s will ⁴⁶⁸  and did things worthy of punishment ⁴⁶⁹  will receive a light beating. ⁴⁷⁰  From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, ⁴⁷¹  and from the one who has been entrusted with much, ⁴⁷²  even more will be asked. ⁴⁷³ 

12:49 “I have come ⁴⁷⁴  to bring ⁴⁷⁵  fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled! 12:50 I have a baptism ⁴⁷⁶  to undergo, ⁴⁷⁷  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! ⁴⁷⁸  12:52 For from now on ⁴⁷⁹  there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. 12:53 They will be divided, ⁴⁸⁰  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 ⁴⁸¹  also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, ⁴⁸²  you say at once, ‘A rainstorm ⁴⁸³  is coming,’ and it does. 12:55 And when you see the south wind ⁴⁸⁴  blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is. 12:56 You hypocrites! ⁴⁸⁵  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ⁴⁸⁶  to interpret the present time?

12:57 “And ⁴⁸⁷  why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, ⁴⁸⁸  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, ⁴⁸⁹  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!” ⁴⁹⁰ 

13:1 Now ⁴⁹¹  there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ⁴⁹²  13:2 He ⁴⁹³  answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners ⁴⁹⁴  than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? 13:3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, ⁴⁹⁵  you will all perish as well! ⁴⁹⁶  13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed ⁴⁹⁷  when the tower in Siloam fell on them, ⁴⁹⁸  do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? ⁴⁹⁹  13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent ⁵⁰⁰  you will all perish as well!” ⁵⁰¹ 

13:6 Then ⁵⁰²  Jesus ⁵⁰³  told this parable: “A man had a fig tree ⁵⁰⁴  planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 13:7 So ⁵⁰⁵  he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For ⁵⁰⁶  three years ⁵⁰⁷  now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it ⁵⁰⁸  I find none. Cut ⁵⁰⁹  it down! Why ⁵¹⁰  should it continue to deplete ⁵¹¹  the soil?’ 13:8 But the worker ⁵¹²  answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer ⁵¹³  on it. 13:9 Then if ⁵¹⁴  it bears fruit next year, ⁵¹⁵  very well, ⁵¹⁶  but if ⁵¹⁷  not, you can cut it down.’”

13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues ⁵¹⁸  on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there ⁵¹⁹  who had been disabled by a spirit ⁵²⁰  for eighteen years. She ⁵²¹  was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. ⁵²²  13:12 When ⁵²³  Jesus saw her, he called her to him ⁵²⁴  and said, “Woman, ⁵²⁵  you are freed ⁵²⁶  from your infirmity.” ⁵²⁷  13:13 Then ⁵²⁸  he placed his hands on her, and immediately ⁵²⁹  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 ⁵³⁰  should be done! ⁵³¹  So come ⁵³²  and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, ⁵³³  “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, ⁵³⁴  and lead it to water? ⁵³⁵  13:16 Then ⁵³⁶  shouldn’t ⁵³⁷  this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan ⁵³⁸  bound for eighteen long ⁵³⁹  years, be released from this imprisonment ⁵⁴⁰  on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When ⁵⁴¹  he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, ⁵⁴²  but ⁵⁴³  the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things ⁵⁴⁴  he was doing. ⁵⁴⁵ 

13:18 Thus Jesus ⁵⁴⁶  asked, ⁵⁴⁷  “What is the kingdom of God ⁵⁴⁸  like? ⁵⁴⁹  To ⁵⁵⁰  what should I compare it? 13:19 It is like a mustard seed ⁵⁵¹  that a man took and sowed ⁵⁵²  in his garden. It ⁵⁵³  grew and became a tree, ⁵⁵⁴  and the wild birds ⁵⁵⁵  nested in its branches.” ⁵⁵⁶ 

13:20 Again ⁵⁵⁷  he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? ⁵⁵⁸  13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ⁵⁵⁹  three measures ⁵⁶⁰  of flour until all the dough had risen.” ⁵⁶¹ 

13:22 Then ⁵⁶²  Jesus ⁵⁶³  traveled throughout ⁵⁶⁴  towns ⁵⁶⁵  and villages, teaching and making his way toward ⁵⁶⁶  Jerusalem. ⁵⁶⁷  13:23 Someone ⁵⁶⁸  asked ⁵⁶⁹  him, “Lord, will only a few ⁵⁷⁰  be saved?” So ⁵⁷¹  he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort ⁵⁷²  to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once ⁵⁷³  the head of the house ⁵⁷⁴  gets up ⁵⁷⁵  and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, ⁵⁷⁶  let us in!’ ⁵⁷⁷  But he will answer you, ⁵⁷⁸  ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ ⁵⁷⁹  13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ⁵⁸⁰  13:27 But ⁵⁸¹  he will reply, ⁵⁸²  ‘I don’t know where you come from! ⁵⁸³  Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ ⁵⁸⁴  13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth ⁵⁸⁵  when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, ⁵⁸⁶  and all the prophets in the kingdom of God ⁵⁸⁷  but you yourselves thrown out. ⁵⁸⁸  13:29 Then ⁵⁸⁹  people ⁵⁹⁰  will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table ⁵⁹¹  in the kingdom of God. ⁵⁹²  13:30 But ⁵⁹³  indeed, ⁵⁹⁴  some are last ⁵⁹⁵  who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

13:31 At that time, ⁵⁹⁶  some Pharisees ⁵⁹⁷  came up and said to Jesus, ⁵⁹⁸  “Get away from here, ⁵⁹⁹  because Herod ⁶⁰⁰  wants to kill you.” 13:32 But ⁶⁰¹  he said to them, “Go ⁶⁰²  and tell that fox, ⁶⁰³  ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day ⁶⁰⁴  I will complete my work. ⁶⁰⁵  13:33 Nevertheless I must ⁶⁰⁶  go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible ⁶⁰⁷  that a prophet should be killed ⁶⁰⁸  outside Jerusalem.’ ⁶⁰⁹  13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ⁶¹⁰  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ⁶¹¹  How often I have longed ⁶¹²  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ⁶¹³  you would have none of it! ⁶¹⁴  13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! ⁶¹⁵  And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” ⁶¹⁶ 

14:1 Now ⁶¹⁷  one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine ⁶¹⁸  at the house of a leader ⁶¹⁹  of the Pharisees, ⁶²⁰  they were watching ⁶²¹  him closely. 14:2 There ⁶²²  right ⁶²³  in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. ⁶²⁴  14:3 So ⁶²⁵  Jesus asked ⁶²⁶  the experts in religious law ⁶²⁷  and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath ⁶²⁸  or not?” 14:4 But they remained silent. So ⁶²⁹  Jesus ⁶³⁰  took hold of the man, ⁶³¹  healed him, and sent him away. ⁶³²  14:5 Then ⁶³³  he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son ⁶³⁴  or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” 14:6 But ⁶³⁵  they could not reply ⁶³⁶  to this.

14:7 Then ⁶³⁷  when Jesus ⁶³⁸  noticed how the guests ⁶³⁹  chose the places of honor, ⁶⁴⁰  he told them a parable. He said to them, 14:8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, ⁶⁴¹  do not take ⁶⁴²  the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. ⁶⁴³  14:9 So ⁶⁴⁴  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ⁶⁴⁵  you will begin to move to the least important ⁶⁴⁶  place. 14:10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host ⁶⁴⁷  approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ ⁶⁴⁸  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 ⁶⁴⁹  the one who humbles ⁶⁵⁰  himself will be exalted.”

14:12 He ⁶⁵¹  said also to the man ⁶⁵²  who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, ⁶⁵³  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, ⁶⁵⁴  invite the poor, the crippled, ⁶⁵⁵  the lame, and ⁶⁵⁶  the blind. ⁶⁵⁷  14:14 Then ⁶⁵⁸  you will be blessed, ⁶⁵⁹  because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid ⁶⁶⁰  at the resurrection of the righteous.”

14:15 When ⁶⁶¹  one of those at the meal with Jesus ⁶⁶²  heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone ⁶⁶³  who will feast ⁶⁶⁴  in the kingdom of God!” ⁶⁶⁵  14:16 But Jesus ⁶⁶⁶  said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet ⁶⁶⁷  and invited ⁶⁶⁸  many guests. ⁶⁶⁹  14:17 At ⁶⁷⁰  the time for the banquet ⁶⁷¹  he sent his slave ⁶⁷²  to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’ 14:18 But one after another they all ⁶⁷³  began to make excuses. ⁶⁷⁴  The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, ⁶⁷⁵  and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ ⁶⁷⁶  14:19 Another ⁶⁷⁷  said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, ⁶⁷⁸  and I am going out ⁶⁷⁹  to examine them. Please excuse me.’ 14:20 Another ⁶⁸⁰  said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’ ⁶⁸¹  14:21 So ⁶⁸²  the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious ⁶⁸³  and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly ⁶⁸⁴  to the streets and alleys of the city, ⁶⁸⁵  and bring in the poor, ⁶⁸⁶  the crippled, ⁶⁸⁷  the blind, and the lame.’ 14:22 Then ⁶⁸⁸  the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’ ⁶⁸⁹  14:23 So ⁶⁹⁰  the master said to his ⁶⁹¹  slave, ‘Go out to the highways ⁶⁹²  and country roads ⁶⁹³  and urge ⁶⁹⁴  people ⁶⁹⁵  to come in, so that my house will be filled. ⁶⁹⁶  14:24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals ⁶⁹⁷  who were invited ⁶⁹⁸  will taste my banquet!’” ⁶⁹⁹ 

14:25 Now large crowds ⁷⁰⁰  were accompanying Jesus, ⁷⁰¹  and turning to them he said, 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate ⁷⁰²  his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, ⁷⁰³  he cannot be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever does not carry his own cross ⁷⁰⁴  and follow ⁷⁰⁵  me cannot be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down ⁷⁰⁶  first and compute the cost ⁷⁰⁷  to see if he has enough money to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, ⁷⁰⁸  when he has laid ⁷⁰⁹  a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, ⁷¹⁰  all who see it ⁷¹¹  will begin to make fun of ⁷¹²  him. 14:30 They will say, ⁷¹³  ‘This man ⁷¹⁴  began to build and was not able to finish!’ ⁷¹⁵  14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down ⁷¹⁶  first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose ⁷¹⁷  the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 If he cannot succeed, ⁷¹⁸  he will send a representative ⁷¹⁹  while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. ⁷²⁰  14:33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. ⁷²¹ 

14:34 “Salt ⁷²²  is good, but if salt loses its flavor, ⁷²³  how can its flavor be restored? 14:35 It is of no value ⁷²⁴  for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. ⁷²⁵  The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ⁷²⁶ 

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ⁷²⁷  and sinners were coming ⁷²⁸  to hear him. 15:2 But ⁷²⁹  the Pharisees ⁷³⁰  and the experts in the law ⁷³¹  were complaining, ⁷³²  “This man welcomes ⁷³³  sinners and eats with them.”

15:3 So ⁷³⁴  Jesus ⁷³⁵  told them ⁷³⁶  this parable: ⁷³⁷  15:4 “Which one ⁷³⁸  of you, if he has a hundred ⁷³⁹  sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture ⁷⁴⁰  and go look for ⁷⁴¹  the one that is lost until he finds it? ⁷⁴²  15:5 Then ⁷⁴³  when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 15:6 Returning ⁷⁴⁴  home, he calls together ⁷⁴⁵  his ⁷⁴⁶  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 ⁷⁴⁷  who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people ⁷⁴⁸  who have no need to repent. ⁷⁴⁹ 

15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins ⁷⁵⁰  and loses ⁷⁵¹  one of them, ⁷⁵²  does not light a lamp, sweep ⁷⁵³  the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it? 15:9 Then ⁷⁵⁴  when she has found it, she calls together her ⁷⁵⁵  friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice ⁷⁵⁶  with me, for I have found the coin ⁷⁵⁷  that I had lost.’ 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels ⁷⁵⁸  over one sinner who repents.”

15:11 Then ⁷⁵⁹  Jesus ⁷⁶⁰  said, “A man had two sons. 15:12 The ⁷⁶¹  younger of them said to his ⁷⁶²  father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate ⁷⁶³  that will belong ⁷⁶⁴  to me.’ So ⁷⁶⁵  he divided his ⁷⁶⁶  assets between them. ⁷⁶⁷  15:13 After ⁷⁶⁸  a few days, ⁷⁶⁹  the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered ⁷⁷⁰  his wealth ⁷⁷¹  with a wild lifestyle. 15:14 Then ⁷⁷²  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 ⁷⁷³  one of the citizens of that country, who ⁷⁷⁴  sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ⁷⁷⁵  15:16 He ⁷⁷⁶  was longing to eat ⁷⁷⁷  the carob pods ⁷⁷⁸  the pigs were eating, but ⁷⁷⁹  no one gave him anything. 15:17 But when he came to his senses ⁷⁸⁰  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ⁷⁸¹  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 ⁷⁸²  against heaven ⁷⁸³  and against ⁷⁸⁴  you. 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me ⁷⁸⁵  like one of your hired workers.”’ 15:20 So ⁷⁸⁶  he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home ⁷⁸⁷  his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; ⁷⁸⁸  he ran and hugged ⁷⁸⁹  his son ⁷⁹⁰  and kissed him. 15:21 Then ⁷⁹¹  his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven ⁷⁹²  and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ⁷⁹³  15:22 But the father said to his slaves, ⁷⁹⁴  ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, ⁷⁹⁵  and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger ⁷⁹⁶  and sandals ⁷⁹⁷  on his feet! 15:23 Bring ⁷⁹⁸  the fattened calf ⁷⁹⁹  and kill it! Let us eat ⁸⁰⁰  and celebrate, 15:24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again – he was lost and is found!’ ⁸⁰¹  So ⁸⁰²  they began to celebrate.

15:25 “Now his older son was in the field. As ⁸⁰³  he came and approached the house, he heard music ⁸⁰⁴  and dancing. 15:26 So ⁸⁰⁵  he called one of the slaves ⁸⁰⁶  and asked what was happening. 15:27 The slave replied, ⁸⁰⁷  ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf ⁸⁰⁸  because he got his son ⁸⁰⁹  back safe and sound.’ 15:28 But the older son ⁸¹⁰  became angry ⁸¹¹  and refused ⁸¹²  to go in. His father came out and appealed to him, 15:29 but he answered ⁸¹³  his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave ⁸¹⁴  for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet ⁸¹⁵  you never gave me even a goat ⁸¹⁶  so that I could celebrate with my friends! 15:30 But when this son of yours ⁸¹⁷  came back, who has devoured ⁸¹⁸  your assets with prostitutes, ⁸¹⁹  you killed the fattened calf ⁸²⁰  for him!’ 15:31 Then ⁸²¹  the father ⁸²²  said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours. 15:32 It was appropriate ⁸²³  to celebrate and be glad, for your brother ⁸²⁴  was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’” ⁸²⁵ 

16:1 Jesus ⁸²⁶  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ⁸²⁷  that his manager ⁸²⁸  was wasting ⁸²⁹  his assets. 16:2 So ⁸³⁰  he called the manager ⁸³¹  in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? ⁸³²  Turn in the account of your administration, ⁸³³  because you can no longer be my manager.’ 16:3 Then ⁸³⁴  the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position ⁸³⁵  away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, ⁸³⁶  and I’m too ashamed ⁸³⁷  to beg. 16:4 I know ⁸³⁸  what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ ⁸³⁹  16:5 So ⁸⁴⁰  he contacted ⁸⁴¹  his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 16:6 The man ⁸⁴²  replied, ‘A hundred measures ⁸⁴³  of olive oil.’ The manager ⁸⁴⁴  said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ ⁸⁴⁵  16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ⁸⁴⁶  replied, ‘A hundred measures ⁸⁴⁷  of wheat.’ The manager ⁸⁴⁸  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ⁸⁴⁹  16:8 The ⁸⁵⁰  master commended the dishonest ⁸⁵¹  manager because he acted shrewdly. ⁸⁵²  For the people ⁸⁵³  of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries ⁸⁵⁴  than the people ⁸⁵⁵  of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, ⁸⁵⁶  so that when it runs out you will be welcomed ⁸⁵⁷  into the eternal homes. ⁸⁵⁸ 

16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ⁸⁵⁹  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 ⁸⁶⁰  in handling worldly wealth, ⁸⁶¹  who will entrust you with the true riches? ⁸⁶²  16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ⁸⁶³  with someone else’s property, ⁸⁶⁴  who will give you your own ⁸⁶⁵ ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate ⁸⁶⁶  the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise ⁸⁶⁷  the other. You cannot serve God and money.” ⁸⁶⁸ 

16:14 The Pharisees ⁸⁶⁹  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ⁸⁷⁰  him. 16:15 But ⁸⁷¹  Jesus ⁸⁷²  said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, ⁸⁷³  but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized ⁸⁷⁴  among men is utterly detestable ⁸⁷⁵  in God’s sight.

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force ⁸⁷⁶  until John; ⁸⁷⁷  since then, ⁸⁷⁸  the good news of the kingdom of God ⁸⁷⁹  has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. ⁸⁸⁰  16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter ⁸⁸¹  in the law to become void. ⁸⁸² 

16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries ⁸⁸³  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 ⁸⁸⁴  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ⁸⁸⁵  every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay ⁸⁸⁶  a poor man named Lazarus ⁸⁸⁷  whose body was covered with sores, ⁸⁸⁸  16:21 who longed to eat ⁸⁸⁹  what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs ⁸⁹⁰  came and licked ⁸⁹¹  his sores.

16:22 “Now ⁸⁹²  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ⁸⁹³  The ⁸⁹⁴  rich man also died and was buried. ⁸⁹⁵  16:23 And in hell, ⁸⁹⁶  as he was in torment, ⁸⁹⁷  he looked up ⁸⁹⁸  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ⁸⁹⁹  16:24 So ⁹⁰⁰  he called out, ⁹⁰¹  ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus ⁹⁰²  to dip the tip of his finger ⁹⁰³  in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish ⁹⁰⁴  in this fire.’ ⁹⁰⁵  16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, ⁹⁰⁶  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. ⁹⁰⁷  16:26 Besides all this, ⁹⁰⁸  a great chasm ⁹⁰⁹  has been fixed between us, ⁹¹⁰  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 ⁹¹¹  the rich man ⁹¹²  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus ⁹¹³  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn ⁹¹⁴  them so that they don’t come ⁹¹⁵  into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, ⁹¹⁶  ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to ⁹¹⁷  them.’ 16:30 Then ⁹¹⁸  the rich man ⁹¹⁹  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁹²⁰  goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He ⁹²¹  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁹²²  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁹²³ 

17:1 Jesus ⁹²⁴  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ⁹²⁵  to the one through whom they come! 17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone ⁹²⁶  tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea ⁹²⁷  than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. ⁹²⁸  17:3 Watch ⁹²⁹  yourselves! If ⁹³⁰  your brother ⁹³¹  sins, rebuke him. If ⁹³²  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 ⁹³³  him.”

17:5 The ⁹³⁴  apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁹³⁵  17:6 So ⁹³⁶  the Lord replied, ⁹³⁷  “If ⁹³⁸  you had faith the size of ⁹³⁹  a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry ⁹⁴⁰  tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ ⁹⁴¹  and it would obey ⁹⁴²  you.

17:7 “Would any one of you say ⁹⁴³  to your slave ⁹⁴⁴  who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? ⁹⁴⁵  17:8 Won’t ⁹⁴⁶  the master ⁹⁴⁷  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ⁹⁴⁸  to serve me while ⁹⁴⁹  I eat and drink. Then ⁹⁵⁰  you may eat and drink’? 17:9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, ⁹⁵¹  will he? ⁹⁵²  17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; ⁹⁵³  we have only done what was our duty.’” ⁹⁵⁴ 

17:11 Now on ⁹⁵⁵  the way to Jerusalem, ⁹⁵⁶  Jesus ⁹⁵⁷  was passing along ⁹⁵⁸  between Samaria and Galilee. 17:12 As ⁹⁵⁹  he was entering ⁹⁶⁰  a village, ten men with leprosy ⁹⁶¹  met him. They ⁹⁶²  stood at a distance, 17:13 raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy ⁹⁶³  on us.” 17:14 When ⁹⁶⁴  he saw them he said, “Go ⁹⁶⁵  and show yourselves to the priests.” ⁹⁶⁶  And ⁹⁶⁷  as they went along, they were cleansed. 17:15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising ⁹⁶⁸  God with a loud voice. 17:16 He ⁹⁶⁹  fell with his face to the ground ⁹⁷⁰  at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. ⁹⁷¹  (Now ⁹⁷²  he was a Samaritan.) ⁹⁷³  17:17 Then ⁹⁷⁴  Jesus said, ⁹⁷⁵  “Were ⁹⁷⁶  not ten cleansed? Where are the other ⁹⁷⁷  nine? 17:18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ⁹⁷⁸  17:19 Then ⁹⁷⁹  he said to the man, ⁹⁸⁰  “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.” ⁹⁸¹ 

17:20 Now at one point ⁹⁸²  the Pharisees ⁹⁸³  asked Jesus ⁹⁸⁴  when the kingdom of God ⁹⁸⁵  was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs ⁹⁸⁶  to be observed, 17:21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is ⁹⁸⁷  in your midst.” ⁹⁸⁸ 

17:22 Then ⁹⁸⁹  he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days ⁹⁹⁰  of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 17:23 Then people ⁹⁹¹  will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ ⁹⁹²  or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. ⁹⁹³  17:24 For just like the lightning flashes ⁹⁹⁴  and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ⁹⁹⁵  17:25 But first he must ⁹⁹⁶  suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 17:26 Just ⁹⁹⁷  as it was ⁹⁹⁸  in the days of Noah, ⁹⁹⁹  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27 People ¹⁰⁰⁰  were eating, ¹⁰⁰¹  they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then ¹⁰⁰²  the flood came and destroyed them all. ¹⁰⁰³  17:28 Likewise, just as it was ¹⁰⁰⁴  in the days of Lot, people ¹⁰⁰⁵  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. ¹⁰⁰⁶  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, ¹⁰⁰⁷  with his goods in the house, must not come down ¹⁰⁰⁸  to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife! ¹⁰⁰⁹  17:33 Whoever tries to keep ¹⁰¹⁰  his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ¹⁰¹¹  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. ¹⁰¹²  17:35 There will be two women grinding grain together; ¹⁰¹³  one will be taken and the other left.”

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17:37 Then ¹⁰¹⁵  the disciples ¹⁰¹⁶  said ¹⁰¹⁷  to him, “Where, ¹⁰¹⁸  Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body ¹⁰¹⁹  is, there the vultures ¹⁰²⁰  will gather.” ¹⁰²¹ 

18:1 Then ¹⁰²²  Jesus ¹⁰²³  told them a parable to show them they should always ¹⁰²⁴  pray and not lose heart. ¹⁰²⁵  18:2 He said, ¹⁰²⁶  “In a certain city ¹⁰²⁷  there was a judge ¹⁰²⁸  who neither feared God nor respected people. ¹⁰²⁹  18:3 There was also a widow ¹⁰³⁰  in that city ¹⁰³¹  who kept coming ¹⁰³²  to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 18:4 For ¹⁰³³  a while he refused, but later on ¹⁰³⁴  he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, ¹⁰³⁵  18:5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out ¹⁰³⁶  by her unending pleas.’” ¹⁰³⁷  18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! ¹⁰³⁸  18:7 Won’t ¹⁰³⁹  God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out ¹⁰⁴⁰  to him day and night? ¹⁰⁴¹  Will he delay ¹⁰⁴²  long to help them? 18:8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. ¹⁰⁴³  Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith ¹⁰⁴⁴  on earth?”

18:9 Jesus ¹⁰⁴⁵  also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down ¹⁰⁴⁶  on everyone else. 18:10 “Two men went up ¹⁰⁴⁷  to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee ¹⁰⁴⁸  and the other a tax collector. ¹⁰⁴⁹  18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ¹⁰⁵⁰  ‘God, I thank ¹⁰⁵¹  you that I am not like other people: ¹⁰⁵²  extortionists, ¹⁰⁵³  unrighteous people, ¹⁰⁵⁴  adulterers – or even like this tax collector. ¹⁰⁵⁵  18:12 I fast twice ¹⁰⁵⁶  a week; I give a tenth ¹⁰⁵⁷  of everything I get.’ 18:13 The tax collector, however, stood ¹⁰⁵⁸  far off and would not even look up ¹⁰⁵⁹  to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful ¹⁰⁶⁰  to me, sinner that I am!’ ¹⁰⁶¹  18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified ¹⁰⁶²  rather than the Pharisee. ¹⁰⁶³  For everyone who exalts ¹⁰⁶⁴  himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”