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Whom to Fear

⁴ People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up.

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them.

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ And some seeds fell in good soil; the plants grew and bore grain, one hundred grains each.” And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ and he answered, “The knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of God has been given to you, but to the rest it comes by means of parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ “This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God. ¹² The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear; but the worries and riches and pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them, and their fruit never ripens.

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ “No one lights a lamp and covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, it is put on the lampstand, so that people will see the light as they come in.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ “Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.

¹⁸ “Be careful, then, how you listen; because those who have something will be given more, but whoever has nothing will have taken away from them even the little they think they have.”

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ Jesus said to them all, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they started out. ²³ As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that they were all in great danger.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master! We are about to die!” Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and to the stormy water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ Then he said to the disciples, “Where is your faith?” But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another, “Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves, and they obey him!”

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves.

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert. ³⁰ Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is ‘Mob,’” he answered—because many demons had gone into him.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.

Riches in Heaven

³² There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the farms.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ People went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid. ³⁶ Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been cured.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, “Let me go with you.” But Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹ “Go back home and tell what God has done for you.” The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for him.

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the people welcomed him, because they had all been waiting for him.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Then a man named Jairus arrived; he was an official in the local synagogue. He threw himself down at Jesus' feet and begged him to go to his home, ⁴² because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side. ⁴³ Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors, but no one had been able to cure her.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you.”

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me.” ⁴⁷ The woman saw that she had been found out, so she came trembling and threw herself at Jesus' feet. There in front of everybody, she told him why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once. ⁴⁸ Jesus said to her, “My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You

Jesus the Cause of Division

⁴⁹ While Jesus was saying this, a messenger came from the official's house. “Your daughter has died,” he told Jairus; “don't bother the Teacher any longer.” ⁵⁰ But Jesus heard it and said to Jairus, “Don't be afraid; only believe, and she will be well.”

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

⁵¹ When he arrived at the house, he would not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother. ⁵² Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don't cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!” ⁵³ They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

Understanding the Time

⁵⁴ But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Get up, child!” ⁵⁵ Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat. ⁵⁶ Her parents were astounded, but Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what had happened.

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases. ² Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick, ³ after saying to them, “Take nothing with you for the trip: no walking stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town;

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ The disciples left and traveled through all the villages, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ When Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about all the things that were happening, he was very confused, because some people were saying that John the Baptist had come back to life.

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Herod said, “I had John's head cut off; but who is this man I hear these things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He took them with him, and they went off by themselves to a town named Bethsaida.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ When the crowds heard about it, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and healed those who needed it. ¹² When the sun was beginning to set, the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the people away so that they can go to the villages and farms around here and find food and lodging, because this is a lonely place.”

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ But Jesus said to them, “You yourselves give them something to eat.” They answered, “All we have are five loaves and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for this whole crowd?”

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ (There were about five thousand men there.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ After the disciples had done so,

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up to heaven, thanked God for them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ One day when Jesus was praying alone, the disciples came to him. “Who do the crowds say I am?” he asked them.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ “Some say that you are John the Baptist,” they answered. “Others say that you are Elijah, while others say that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are God's Messiah.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ Then Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell this to anyone.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² He also told them, “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will be raised to life.” ²³ And he said to them all, “If you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, take up your cross every day, and follow me.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not!

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God.”

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ About a week after he had said these things, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a hill to pray.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ While he was praying, his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white. ³⁰ Suddenly two men were there talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ who appeared in heavenly glory and talked with Jesus about the way in which he would soon fulfill God's purpose by dying in Jerusalem.

Riches in Heaven

³² Peter and his companions were sound asleep, but they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men who were standing with him.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not really know what he was saying.)

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ A voice said from the cloud, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen—listen to him!” ³⁶ When the voice stopped, there was Jesus all alone. The disciples kept quiet about all this and told no one at that time anything they had seen.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ The next day Jesus and the three disciples went down from the hill, and a large crowd met Jesus.

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ A man shouted from the crowd, “Teacher! I beg you, look at my son—my only son! ³⁹ A spirit attacks him with a sudden shout and throws him into a fit, so that he foams at the mouth; it keeps on hurting him and will hardly let him go!

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.”

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Jesus answered, “How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you?” Then he said to the man, “Bring your son here.” ⁴² As the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into a fit. Jesus gave a command to the evil spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³ All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God. The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing, when he said to his disciples,

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ “Don't forget what I am about to tell you! The Son of Man is going to be handed over to the power of human beings.”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ But the disciples did not know what this meant. It had been hidden from them so that they could not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about the matter.

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them was the greatest. ⁴⁷ Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood him by his side, ⁴⁸ and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all is the greatest.”

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You

Jesus the Cause of Division

⁴⁹ John spoke up, “Master, we saw a man driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.” ⁵⁰ “Do not try to stop him,” Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

⁵¹ As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. ⁵² He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him. ⁵³ But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.

Understanding the Time

⁵⁴ When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” ⁵⁵ Jesus turned and rebuked them. ⁵⁶ Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

The Would-Be Followers of Jesus

(Matthew 8.19-22)

Settle with Your Opponent

(Matthew 5.25, 26)

⁵⁷ As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.” ⁵⁹ He said to another man, “Follow me.” But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.” ⁶⁰ Jesus answered, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.” ⁶¹ Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family.” ⁶² Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ After this the Lord chose another seventy-two men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go. ² He said to them, “There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest. ³ Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ Whenever you go into a house, first say, ‘Peace be with this house.’

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another.

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you,

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near you.’

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say,

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ ‘Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!’ ¹² I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to that town!

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago sat down, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ God will show more mercy on the Judgment Day to Tyre and Sidon than to you.

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!”

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ The seventy-two men came back in great joy. “Lord,” they said, “even the demons obeyed us when we gave them a command in your name!”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ At that time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit and said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² “My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” ²³ Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said to them privately, “How fortunate you are to see the things you see!

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.”

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ The man answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’”

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ “You are right,” Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” ³⁰ Jesus answered, “There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up, leaving him half dead.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by on the other side.

Riches in Heaven

³² In the same way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man, and then walked on by on the other side.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ He went over to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he told the innkeeper, ‘and when I come back this way, I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.’” ³⁶ And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of these three acted like a neighbor toward the man attacked by the robbers?”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ The teacher of the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.” Jesus replied, “You go, then, and do the same.”

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him in her home. ³⁹ She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to his teaching.

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and said, “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself Tell her to come and help me!”

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things, ⁴² but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” ² Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say this:
‘Father:
May your holy name be honored;
may your Kingdom come.
³ Give us day by day the food we need.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ Forgive us our sins,
for we forgive everyone who does us wrong.
And do not bring us to hard testing.’”

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ And Jesus said to his disciples, “Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!’

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ And suppose your friend should answer from inside, ‘Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.’

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish? ¹² Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ Jesus was driving out a demon that could not talk; and when the demon went out, the man began to talk. The crowds were amazed,

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ but some of the people said, “It is Beelzebul, the chief of the demons, who gives him the power to drive them out.”

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ But Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, “Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long; a family divided against itself falls apart.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ So if Satan's kingdom has groups fighting each other, how can it last? You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ If this is how I drive them out, how do your followers drive them out? Your own followers prove that you are wrong!

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ “When a strong man, with all his weapons ready, guards his own house, all his belongings are safe.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² But when a stronger man attacks him and defeats him, he carries away all the weapons the owner was depending on and divides up what he stole. ²³ “Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ “When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up.

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ Then it goes out and brings seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning.”

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ When Jesus had said this, a woman spoke up from the crowd and said to him, “How happy is the woman who bore you and nursed you!”

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ But Jesus answered, “Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ As the people crowded around Jesus, he went on to say, “How evil are the people of this day! They ask for a miracle, but none will be given them except the miracle of Jonah. ³⁰ In the same way that the prophet Jonah was a sign for the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this day.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse the people of today, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and there is something here, I tell you, greater than Solomon.

Riches in Heaven

³² On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Jonah!

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a bowl; instead, it is put on the lampstand, so that people may see the light as they come in.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness. ³⁶ If your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be bright all over, as when a lamp shines on you with its brightness.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and sat down to eat.

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus had not washed before eating. ³⁹ So the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you. ⁴² “How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others. ⁴³ “How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it.”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ One of the teachers of the Law said to him, “Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!”

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ Jesus answered, “How terrible also for you teachers of the Law! You put onto people's backs loads which are hard to carry, but you yourselves will not stretch out a finger to help them carry those loads. ⁴⁷ How terrible for you! You make fine tombs for the prophets—the very prophets your ancestors murdered. ⁴⁸ You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You

Jesus the Cause of Division

⁴⁹ For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.’ ⁵⁰ So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

⁵¹ from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all! ⁵² “How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!” ⁵³ When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

Understanding the Time

⁵⁴ trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ As thousands of people crowded together, so that they were stepping on each other, Jesus said first to his disciples, “Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees—I mean their hypocrisy. ² Whatever is covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known. ³ So then, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in broad daylight, and whatever you have whispered in private in a closed room will be shouted from the housetops.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot afterward do anything worse.

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ I will show you whom to fear: fear God, who, after killing, has the authority to throw into hell. Believe me, he is the one you must fear!

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ “Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ “I assure you that those who declare publicly that they belong to me, the Son of Man will do the same for them before the angels of God.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ But those who reject me publicly, the Son of Man will also reject them before the angels of God.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ “Whoever says a word against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ “When they bring you to be tried in the synagogues or before governors or rulers, do not be worried about how you will defend yourself or what you will say. ¹² For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us.”

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ Jesus answered him, “Friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?”

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ He began to think to himself, ‘I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ This is what I will do,’ he told himself; ‘I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself’

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ And Jesus concluded, “This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² Then Jesus said to the disciples, “And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body. ²³ Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds!

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Look how the wild flowers grow: they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ “So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink. ³⁰ (For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things.

Riches in Heaven

³² “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ For your heart will always be where your riches are.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ “Be ready for whatever comes, dressed for action and with your lamps lit, ³⁶ like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them.

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ How happy they are if he finds them ready, even if he should come at midnight or even later! ³⁹ And you can be sure that if the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, he would not let the thief break into his house.

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.”

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Peter said, “Lord, does this parable apply to us, or do you mean it for everyone?” ⁴² The Lord answered, “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? He is the one that his master will put in charge, to run the household and give the other servants their share of the food at the proper time. ⁴³ How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ then the master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the disobedient. ⁴⁷ “The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping. ⁴⁸ But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You

Jesus the Cause of Division

⁴⁹ “I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

⁵¹ Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division. ⁵² From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three. ⁵³ Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.”

Understanding the Time

⁵⁴ Jesus said also to the people, “When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain—and it does. ⁵⁵ And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot—and it does. ⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?

The Would-Be Followers of Jesus

(Matthew 8.19-22)

Settle with Your Opponent

(Matthew 5.25, 26)

⁵⁷ “Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do? ⁵⁸ If someone brings a lawsuit against you and takes you to court, do your best to settle the dispute before you get to court. If you don't, you will be dragged before the judge, who will hand you over to the police, and you will be put in jail. ⁵⁹ There you will stay, I tell you, until you pay the last penny of your fine.”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ At that time some people were there who told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices to God. ² Jesus answered them, “Because those Galileans were killed in that way, do you think it proves that they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? ³ No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ What about those eighteen people in Siloam who were killed when the tower fell on them? Do you suppose this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went looking for figs on it but found none.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ So he said to his gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?’

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ But the gardener answered, ‘Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.’”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ A woman there had an evil spirit that had kept her sick for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her, he called out to her, “Woman, you are free from your sickness!”

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ He placed his hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and praised God.

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, so he spoke up and said to the people, “There are six days in which we should work; so come during those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath!”

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Any one of you would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Now here is this descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept in bonds for eighteen years; should she not be released on the Sabbath?”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ His answer made his enemies ashamed of themselves, while the people rejoiced over all the wonderful things that he did.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ Jesus asked, “What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and plants it in his field. The plant grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make their nests in its branches.”

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ Again Jesus asked, “What shall I compare the Kingdom of God with?

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ It is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching the people and making his way toward Jerusalem. ²³ Someone asked him, “Sir, will just a few people be saved?” Jesus answered them,

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ “Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ The master of the house will get up and close the door; then when you stand outside and begin to knock on the door and say, ‘Open the door for us, sir!’ he will answer you, ‘I don't know where you come from!’

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ Then you will answer, ‘We ate and drank with you; you taught in our town!’

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ But he will say again, ‘I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wicked people!’

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ People will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God. ³⁰ Then those who are now last will be first, and those who are now first will be last.”

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ At that same time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “You must get out of here and go somewhere else, because Herod wants to kill you.”

Riches in Heaven

³² Jesus answered them, “Go and tell that fox: ‘I am driving out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I shall finish my work.’

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ Yet I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day; it is not right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ And so your Temple will be abandoned. I assure you that you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely. ² A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus, ³ and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, “Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?”

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ Then he said to them, “If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath itself”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ But they were not able to answer him about this.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited,

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and say to you, ‘Let him have this place.’ Then you would be embarrassed and have to sit in the lowest place.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that your host will come to you and say, ‘Come on up, my friend, to a better place.’ This will bring you honor in the presence of all the other guests.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.” ¹² Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors—for they will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.”

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, “How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!”

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ Jesus said to him, “There was once a man who was giving a great feast to which he invited many people.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ When it was time for the feast, he sent his servant to tell his guests, ‘Come, everything is ready!’

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ But they all began, one after another, to make excuses. The first one told the servant, ‘I have bought a field and must go and look at it; please accept my apologies.’

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ Another one said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.’

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.’

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ The servant went back and told all this to his master. The master was furious and said to his servant, ‘Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² Soon the servant said, ‘Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is room for more.’ ²³ So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the country roads and lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!’”

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them,

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ “Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you. ³⁰ ‘You began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king.

Riches in Heaven

³² If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ In the same way,” concluded Jesus, “none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ It is no good for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown away. Listen, then, if you have ears!”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus, ² the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, “This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!” ³ So Jesus told them this parable:

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them—what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, ‘I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!’

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ “Or suppose a woman who has ten silver coins loses one of them—what does she do? She lights a lamp, sweeps her house, and looks carefully everywhere until she finds it.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says to them, ‘I am so happy I found the coin I lost. Let us celebrate!’

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents.”

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ Jesus went on to say, “There was once a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger one said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the property now.’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he wasted his money in reckless living.

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ At last he came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against God and against you.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers.”

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ So he got up and started back to his father. “He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ ‘Father,’ the son said, ‘I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.’

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² But the father called to his servants. ‘Hurry!’ he said. ‘Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet. ²³ Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ For this son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.’ And so the feasting began.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ “In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ So he called one of the servants and asked him, ‘What's going on?’

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ ‘Your brother has come back home,’ the servant answered, ‘and your father has killed the prize calf, because he got him back safe and sound.’

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ But he spoke back to his father, ‘Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends! ³⁰ But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!’

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ ‘My son,’ the father answered, ‘you are always here with me, and everything I have is yours.

Riches in Heaven

³² But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.’”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “There was once a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man was told that the manager was wasting his master's money, ² so he called him in and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in a complete account of your handling of my property, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ ³ The servant said to himself, ‘My master is going to dismiss me from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ Now I know what I will do! Then when my job is gone, I shall have friends who will welcome me in their homes.’

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ So he called in all the people who were in debt to his master. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ ‘One hundred barrels of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Here is your account,’ the manager told him; ‘sit down and write fifty.’

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Then he asked another one, ‘And you—how much do you owe?’ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he answered. ‘Here is your account,’ the manager told him; ‘write eight hundred.’

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light.”

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ And Jesus went on to say, “And so I tell you: make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth, so that when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? ¹² And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ “No servant can be the slave of two masters; such a slave will hate one and love the other or will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ “The Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were in effect up to the time of John the Baptist; since then the Good News about the Kingdom of God is being told, and everyone forces their way in.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest detail of the Law to be done away with.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ “Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery; and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ “There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ There was also a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door,

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ hoping to eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² The poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The rich man died and was buried, ²³ and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ So he called out, ‘Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!’

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from where you are.’

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house,

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.’

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’ ³⁰ The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.’

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ But Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.’”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that make people fall into sin are bound to happen, but how terrible for the one who makes them happen! ² It would be better for him if a large millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. ³ So watch what you do! “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ If he sins against you seven times in one day, and each time he comes to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Make our faith greater.”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ The Lord answered, “If you had faith as big as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it would obey you.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ “Suppose one of you has a servant who is plowing or looking after the sheep. When he comes in from the field, do you tell him to hurry along and eat his meal?

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Of course not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my supper ready, then put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may have your meal.’

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ The servant does not deserve thanks for obeying orders, does he?

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ It is the same with you; when you have done all you have been told to do, say, ‘We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ As Jesus made his way to Jerusalem, he went along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² He was going into a village when he was met by ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They stood at a distance

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ and shouted, “Jesus! Master! Have pity on us!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ Jesus saw them and said to them, “Go and let the priests examine you.” On the way they were made clean.

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ He threw himself to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ Jesus spoke up, “There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine?

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?”

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has made you well.”

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ Some Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. His answer was, “The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to be seen.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ No one will say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’; because the Kingdom of God is within you.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² Then he said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. ²³ There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, over there!’ or, ‘Look, over here!’ But don't go out looking for it.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ As the lightning flashes across the sky and lights it up from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ But first he must suffer much and be rejected by the people of this day.

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ As it was in the time of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Everybody kept on eating and drinking, and men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat and the flood came and killed them all.

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all. ³⁰ That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ “On that day someone who is on the roof of a house must not go down into the house to get any belongings; in the same way anyone who is out in the field must not go back to the house.

Riches in Heaven

³² Remember Lot's wife!

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ Those who try to save their own life will lose it; those who lose their life will save it.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ Two women will be grinding meal together: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ The disciples asked him, “Where, Lord?” Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather.”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged. ² “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. ³ And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people,

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?”

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ “Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. ¹² I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.’

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so,

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.’”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.” ²³ But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ The people who heard him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Jesus answered, “What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ Then Peter said, “Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ “Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God ³⁰ will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “Listen! We are going to Jerusalem where everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.

Riches in Heaven

³² He will be handed over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, insult him, and spit on him.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ They will whip him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.”

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. ³⁶ When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked, “What is this?”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ He cried out, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!” ³⁹ The people in front scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on me!”

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ So Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” “Sir,” he answered, “I want to see again.” ⁴² Jesus said to him, “Then see! Your faith has made you well.” ⁴³ At once he was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. When the crowd saw it, they all praised God.

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Jesus went on into Jericho and was passing through. ² There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today.”

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy.

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ While the people were listening to this, Jesus continued and told them a parable. He was now almost at Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was just about to appear. ¹² So he said, “There was once a man of high rank who was going to a country far away to be made king, after which he planned to come back home.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ Before he left, he called his ten servants and gave them each a gold coin and told them, ‘See what you can earn with this while I am gone.’

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.’

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ “The man was made king and came back. At once he ordered his servants to appear before him, in order to find out how much they had earned.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ The first one came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned ten gold coins with the one you gave me.’

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ ‘Well done,’ he said; ‘you are a good servant! Since you were faithful in small matters, I will put you in charge of ten cities.’

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ The second servant came and said, ‘Sir, I have earned five gold coins with the one you gave me.’

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ To this one he said, ‘You will be in charge of five cities.’

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ Another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it hidden in a handkerchief.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what is not yours and reap what you did not plant.’

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² He said to him, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not planted. ²³ Well, then, why didn't you put my money in the bank? Then I would have received it back with interest when I returned.’

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ Then he said to those who were standing there, ‘Take the gold coin away from him and give it to the servant who has ten coins.’

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ But they said to him, ‘Sir, he already has ten coins!’

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ ‘I tell you,’ he replied, ‘that to those who have something, even more will be given; but those who have nothing, even the little that they have will be taken away from them.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and kill them in my presence!’”

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ After Jesus said this, he went on in front of them toward Jerusalem.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ As he came near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples ahead ³⁰ with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you; as you go in, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ If someone asks you why you are untying it, tell him that the Master needs it.”

Riches in Heaven

³² They went on their way and found everything just as Jesus had told them.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying it?”

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ “The Master needs it,” they answered,

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ and they took the colt to Jesus. Then they threw their cloaks over the animal and helped Jesus get on. ³⁶ As he rode on, people spread their cloaks on the road.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ “God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!” ³⁹ Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “command your disciples to be quiet!”

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.”

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ He came closer to the city, and when he saw it, he wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you only knew today what is needed for peace! But now you cannot see it! ⁴³ The time will come when your enemies will surround you with barricades, blockade you, and close in on you from every side.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ They will completely destroy you and the people within your walls; not a single stone will they leave in its place, because you did not recognize the time when God came to save you!”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to drive out the merchants,

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!” ⁴⁷ Every day Jesus taught in the Temple. The chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the leaders of the people wanted to kill him, ⁴⁸ but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people kept listening to him, not wanting to miss a single word.

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ One day when Jesus was in the Temple teaching the people and preaching the Good News, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, together with the elders, came ² and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?” ³ Jesus answered them, “Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?”

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing. ¹² Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!’

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?” Jesus asked.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ “He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants.” When the people heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ Jesus looked at them and asked, “What, then, does this scripture mean?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.’

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust.”

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ These spies said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?” ²³ But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them,

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ “Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?” “The Emperor's,” they answered.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children. ³⁰ Then the second one married the woman,

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children.

Riches in Heaven

³² Last of all, the woman died.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry,

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry. ³⁶ They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death.

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

³⁷ And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

³⁸ He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.” ³⁹ Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, “A good answer, Teacher!”

Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak

⁴⁰ For they did not dare ask him any more questions.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Jesus asked them, “How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? ⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
⁴³ until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.’

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

⁴⁴ David called him ‘Lord’; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law

⁴⁵ As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples,

Who Is the Greatest?

⁴⁶ “Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts; ⁴⁷ who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!”

Women Who Accompanied Jesus

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

A Warning against Hypocrisy

(Matthew 10.26, 27)

Turn from Your Sins or Die

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

The Lost Sheep

The Shrewd Manager

Sin

(Matthew 18.6, 7, 21, 22; Mark 9.42)

The Parable of the Widow and the Judge

Jesus and Zacchaeus

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Widow's Offering

¹ Jesus looked around and saw rich people dropping their gifts in the Temple treasury, ² and he also saw a very poor widow dropping in two little copper coins. ³ He said, “I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others.

The Parable of the Sower

Whom to Fear

⁴ For the others offered their gifts from what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, gave all she had to live on.”

Faith

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Matthew 24.1, 2; Mark 13.1, 2)

⁵ Some of the disciples were talking about the Temple, how beautiful it looked with its fine stones and the gifts offered to God. Jesus said,

The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ “All this you see—the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one will be thrown down.”

Herod's Confusion

Humility and Hospitality

A Servant's Duty

Troubles and Persecutions

⁷ “Teacher,” they asked, “when will this be? And what will happen in order to show that the time has come for it to take place?”

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

(Matthew 10.32, 33; 12.32; 10.19, 20)

The Lost Coin

⁸ Jesus said, “Watch out; don't be fooled. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ But don't follow them.

The Purpose of the Parables

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

⁹ Don't be afraid when you hear of wars and revolutions; such things must happen first, but they do not mean that the end is near.”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

¹⁰ He went on to say, “Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

The Lost Son

Jesus Heals Ten Men

The Parable of the Gold Coins

¹¹ There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky. ¹² Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.

The Unbelieving Towns

The Parable of the Rich Fool

¹³ This will be your chance to tell the Good News.

Jesus and Beelzebul

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12, 13; 5.31, 32; Mark 10.11, 12)

¹⁴ Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves,

The Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus Blesses Little Children

¹⁵ because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.

A Lamp under a Bowl

¹⁶ You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; and some of you will be put to death.

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The Rich Man

¹⁸ But not a single hair from your heads will be lost.

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Question about Paying Taxes

¹⁹ Stand firm, and you will save yourselves.

The Parable of the Yeast

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Matthew 24.23-28, 37-41)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills; those who are in the city must leave, and those who are out in the country must not go into the city.

Jesus Calms a Storm

Trust in God

The Narrow Door

(Matthew 7.13, 14, 21-23)

²² For those will be ‘The Days of Punishment,’ to make come true all that the Scriptures say. ²³ How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies! Terrible distress will come upon this land, and God's punishment will fall on this people.

The Return of the Evil Spirit

²⁴ Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Cost of Being a Disciple

(Matthew 10.37, 38)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ “There will be strange things happening to the sun, the moon, and the stars. On earth whole countries will be in despair, afraid of the roar of the sea and the raging tides.

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

²⁶ People will faint from fear as they wait for what is coming over the whole earth, for the powers in space will be driven from their courses.

True Happiness

The Question about Rising from Death

²⁷ Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

The Transfiguration

The Triumphant Approach to Jerusalem

²⁸ When these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your salvation is near.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁹ Then Jesus told them this parable: “Think of the fig tree and all the other trees. ³⁰ When you see their leaves beginning to appear, you know that summer is near.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹ In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the Kingdom of God is about to come.

Riches in Heaven

³² “Remember that all these things will take place before the people now living have all died.

The Light of the Body

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22, 23)

³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Worthless Salt

The Need to Watch

³⁴ “Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you

Watchful Servants

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵ like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth. ³⁶ Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit

Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law