Luke 13:20-21

New King James Version

The Parable of the Leaven^(A)

²⁰ And again He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like ^[a]leaven, which a woman took and hid in three ^(B)measures^[b] of meal till it was all leavened.”

The Narrow Way^(C)

^22 (D)And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. ²³ Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there ^(E)few who are saved?”

And He said to them, ^24 (F)“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for ^(G)many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25 (H)When once the Master of the house has risen up and ^(I)shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ^(J)‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ^(K)‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ ²⁶ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ ^27 (L)But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. ^(M)Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ ^28 (N)There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, ^(O)when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. ²⁹ They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. ^30 (P)And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

^31 [c]On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

³² And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^(Q)I shall be ^[d]perfected.’ ³³ Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem^(R)

^34 (S)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! ³⁵ See! ^(T)Your house is left to you desolate; and ^[e]assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ^(U)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”

A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath

14 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. ² And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. ³ And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ^(V)“Is it lawful to heal on the ^[f]Sabbath?”

⁴ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. ⁵ Then He answered them, saying, ^(W)“Which of you, having a ^[g]donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?” ⁶ And they could not answer Him regarding these things.

Take the Lowly Place

⁷ So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: ⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; ⁹ and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. ^10 (X)But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. ^11 (Y)For whoever exalts himself will be ^[h]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹² Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. ¹³ But when you give a feast, invite ^(Z)the poor, the ^[i]maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And you will be ^(AA)blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

The Parable of the Great Supper^(AB)

¹⁵ Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, ^(AC)“Blessed is he who shall eat ^[j]bread in the kingdom of God!”

^16 (AD)Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, ¹⁷ and ^(AE)sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’ ¹⁸ But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ ¹⁹ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ ²⁰ Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ ²¹ So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the ^[k]maimed and the lame and the blind.’ ²² And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ ²³ Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I say to you ^(AF)that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”

Leaving All to Follow Christ^(AG)

²⁵ Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, ^26 (AH)“If anyone comes to Me ^(AI)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, ^(AJ)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ And ^(AK)whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ For ^(AL)which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— ²⁹ lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, ³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? ³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. ³³ So likewise, whoever of you ^(AM)does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Tasteless Salt Is Worthless^(AN)

^34 (AO)“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? ³⁵ It is neither fit for the land nor for the ^[l]dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep^(AP)

15 Then ^(AQ)all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. ² And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man ^[m]receives sinners ^(AR)and eats with them.” ³ So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

^4 (AS)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ^(AT)‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep ^(AU)which was lost!’ ⁷ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents ^(AV)than over ninety-nine ^[n]just persons who ^(AW)need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

⁸ “Or what woman, having ten silver ^[o]coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? ⁹ And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’ ¹⁰ Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

The Parable of the Lost Son

¹¹ Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. ¹² And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them ^(AX)his livelihood. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with ^[p]prodigal living. ¹⁴ But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. ¹⁶ And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the ^[q]pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

¹⁷ “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, ^(AY)I have sinned against heaven and before you, ¹⁹ and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’

²⁰ “And he arose and came to his father. But ^(AZ)when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven ^(BA)and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²² “But the father said to his servants, ^[r]‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. ²³ And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; ^24 (BB)for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

²⁵ “Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶ So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. ²⁷ And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’

²⁸ “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. ²⁹ So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. ³⁰ But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’

³¹ “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. ³² It was right that we should make merry and be glad, ^(BC)for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

The Parable of the Unjust Steward

16 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was ^[s]wasting his goods. ² So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an ^(BD)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’

³ “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’

⁵ “So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ⁶ And he said, ‘A hundred ^[t]measures of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ ⁷ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred ^[u]measures of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ⁸ So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than ^(BE)the sons of light.

⁹ “And I say to you, ^(BF)make friends for yourselves by unrighteous ^[v]mammon, that when ^[w]you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. ^10 (BG)He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. ¹¹ Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? ¹² And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your ^(BH)own?

^13 (BI)“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom

¹⁴ Now the Pharisees, ^(BJ)who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they ^[x]derided Him. ¹⁵ And He said to them, “You are those who ^(BK)justify yourselves ^(BL)before men, but ^(BM)God knows your hearts. For ^(BN)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

^16 (BO)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. ^17 (BP)And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one ^[y]tittle of the law to fail.

^18 (BQ)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and ^[z]fared sumptuously every day. ²⁰ But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, ²¹ desiring to be fed with ^[aa]the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to ^(BR)Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴ “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and ^(BS)cool my tongue; for I ^(BT)am tormented in this flame.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Son, ^(BU)remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. ²⁶ And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

²⁷ “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, ²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ ²⁹ Abraham said to him, ^(BV)‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ ³⁰ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ ³¹ But he said to him, ^(BW)‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, ^(BX)neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”

Jesus Warns of Offenses^(BY)

17 Then He said to the disciples, ^(BZ)“It is impossible that no ^[ab]offenses should come, but ^(CA)woe to him through whom they do come! ² It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should ^[ac]offend one of these little ones. ³ Take heed to yourselves. ^(CB)If your brother sins ^[ad]against you, ^(CC)rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns ^[ae]to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Faith and Duty^(CD)

⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

^6 (CE)So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. ⁷ And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸ But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself ^(CF)and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? ⁹ Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ^[af]him? I think not. ¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are ^(CG)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

Ten Lepers Cleansed

¹¹ Now it happened ^(CH)as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. ¹² Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, ^(CI)who stood afar off. ¹³ And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ So when He saw them, He said to them, ^(CJ)“Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice ^(CK)glorified God, ¹⁶ and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a ^(CL)Samaritan.

¹⁷ So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸ Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” ^19 (CM)And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

The Coming of the Kingdom^(CN)

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; ^21 (CO)nor will they say, ^[ag]‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, ^(CP)the kingdom of God is ^[ah]within you.”

²² Then He said to the disciples, ^(CQ)“The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (CR)And they will say to you, ^[ai]‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. ^24 (CS)For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. ^25 (CT)But first He must suffer many things and be ^(CU)rejected by this generation. ^26 (CV)And as it ^(CW)was in the ^(CX)days of ^(CY)Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the ^(CZ)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and ^(DA)destroyed them all. ^28 (DB)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; ²⁹ but on ^(DC)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man ^(DD)is revealed.

³¹ “In that day, he ^(DE)who is on the housetop, and his ^[aj]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. ^32 (DF)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (DG)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. ^34 (DH)I tell you, in that night there will be two ^[ak]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. ^35 (DI)Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. ^36 [al]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”

³⁷ And they answered and said to Him, ^(DJ)“Where, Lord?”

So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men ^(DK)always ought to pray and not lose heart, ² saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor ^[am]regard man. ³ Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ^[an]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ ⁴ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, ^5 (DL)yet because this widow troubles me I will ^[ao]avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

⁶ Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. ⁷ And ^(DM)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? ⁸ I tell you ^(DN)that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ Also He spoke this parable to some ^(DO)who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(DP)stood and prayed thus with himself, ^(DQ)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ ¹³ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; ^(DR)for everyone who exalts himself will be ^[ap]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children^(DS)

^15 (DT)Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. ¹⁶ But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for ^(DU)of such is the kingdom of God. ^17 (DV)Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler^(DW)

^18 (DX)Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁹ So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but ^(DY)One, that is, God. ²⁰ You know the commandments: ^(DZ)‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ^(EA)‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

²¹ And he said, “All ^(EB)these things I have kept from my youth.”

²² So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. ^(EC)Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²³ But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.

With God All Things Are Possible^(ED)

²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, ^(EE)“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ And those who heard it said, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷ But He said, ^(EF)“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

^28 (EG)Then Peter said, “See, we have left ^[aq]all and followed You.”

²⁹ So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(EH)there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ^30 (EI)who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection^(EJ)

^31 (EK)Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things ^(EL)that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be ^[ar]accomplished. ³² For ^(EM)He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. ³³ They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

^34 (EN)But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

A Blind Man Receives His Sight^(EO)

^35 (EP)Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. ³⁶ And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. ³⁷ So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. ³⁸ And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, ^(EQ)Son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹ Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰ So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, ⁴¹ saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

⁴² Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; ^(ER)your faith has made you well.” ⁴³ And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, ^(ES)glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House

19 Then Jesus entered and passed through ^(ET)Jericho. ² Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ And he sought to ^(EU)see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. ⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up ^[as]and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, ^[at]make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” ⁶ So he ^[au]made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. ⁷ But when they saw it, they all ^[av]complained, saying, ^(EV)“He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

⁸ Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the ^(EW)poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by ^(EX)false accusation, ^(EY)I restore fourfold.”

⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because ^(EZ)he also is ^(FA)a son of Abraham; ^10 (FB)for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The Parable of the Minas^(FC)

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because ^(FD)they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. ^12 (FE)Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten ^[aw]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ ^14 (FF)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

¹⁵ “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. ¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ ¹⁷ And he said to him, ^(FG)‘Well done, good servant; because you were ^(FH)faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ ¹⁹ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

²⁰ “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. ^21 (FI)For I feared you, because you are ^[ax]an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ ²² And he said to him, ^(FJ)‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. ^(FK)You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

²⁴ “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ ²⁵ (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ²⁶ ‘For I say to you, ^(FL)that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷ But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”

The Triumphal Entry^(FM)

²⁸ When He had said this, ^(FN)He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ^29 (FO)And it came to pass, when He drew near to ^[ay]Bethphage and ^(FP)Bethany, at the mountain called ^(FQ)Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”

³² So those who were sent went their way and found it just ^(FR)as He had said to them. ³³ But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”

³⁴ And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” ³⁵ Then they brought him to Jesus. ^(FS)And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. ³⁶ And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.

³⁷ Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to ^(FT)rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸ saying:

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

⁴⁰ But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, ^(FW)the stones would immediately cry out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

⁴¹ Now as He drew near, He saw the city and ^(FX)wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this ^(FY)your day, the things that ^(FZ)make for your ^(GA)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon you when your enemies will ^(GB)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, ^44 (GC)and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and ^(GD)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, ^(GE)because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple^(GF)

^45 (GG)Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who ^[az]bought and sold in it, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written, ^(GH)‘My house ^[ba]is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ^(GI)‘den of thieves.’ ”

⁴⁷ And He ^(GJ)was teaching daily in the temple. But ^(GK)the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, ⁴⁸ and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to ^(GL)hear Him.

Jesus’ Authority Questioned^(GM)

20 Now ^(GN)it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him ² and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, ^(GO)by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”

³ But He answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me: ⁴ The ^(GP)baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”

⁵ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why ^[bb]then did you not believe him?’ ⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, ^(GQ)for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

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

The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers^(GR)

⁹ Then He began to tell the people this parable: ^(GS)“A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to ^[bc]vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. ¹⁰ Now at ^[bd]vintage-time he ^(GT)sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹ Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹² And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.

¹³ “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ ¹⁴ But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the ^(GU)heir. Come, ^(GV)let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ^(GW)ours.’ ¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard and ^(GX)killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to ^(GY)others.”

And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”

¹⁷ Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

¹⁸ Whoever falls on that stone will be ^(HA)broken; but ^(HB)on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they ^[be]feared the people—for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?^(HC)

^20 (HD)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

²¹ Then they asked Him, saying, ^(HE)“Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth: ²² Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

²³ But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, ^[bf]“Why do you test Me? ²⁴ Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”

²⁵ And He said to them, ^(HF)“Render^[bg] therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²⁶ But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?^(HG)

^27 (HH)Then some of the Sadducees, ^(HI)who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, ²⁸ saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰ And the second ^[bh]took her as wife, and he died childless. ³¹ Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven ^[bi]also; and they left no children, and died. ³² Last of all the woman died also. ³³ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”

³⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. ³⁵ But those who are ^(HJ)counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ nor can they die anymore, for ^(HK)they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, ^(HL)being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ^(HM)‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ ³⁸ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for ^(HN)all live to Him.”

³⁹ Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ But after that they dared not question Him anymore.

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?^(HO)

⁴¹ And He said to them, ^(HP)“How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David? ⁴² Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:

⁴⁴ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; ^(HR)how is He then his Son?”

Beware of the Scribes^(HS)

^45 (HT)Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples, ^46 (HU)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, ^(HV)love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, ^47 (HW)who devour widows’ houses, and for a ^(HX)pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

The Widow’s Two Mites^(HY)

21 And He looked up ^(HZ)and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, ² and He saw also a certain ^(IA)poor widow putting in two ^(IB)mites.^{[bj] 3} So He said, “Truly I say to you ^(IC)that this poor widow has put in more than all; ⁴ for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings ^[bk]for God, but she out of her poverty put in ^(ID)all the livelihood that she had.”

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple^(IE)

^5 (IF)Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was ^[bl]adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, ⁶ “These things which you see—the days will come in which ^(IG)not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age^(IH)

⁷ So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?”

⁸ And He said: ^(II)“Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ ^[bm]Therefore do not ^[bn]go after them. ⁹ But when you hear of ^(IJ)wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”

^10 (IK)Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ And there will be great ^(IL)earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. ^12 (IM)But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and ^(IN)prisons. ^(IO)You will be brought before kings and rulers ^(IP)for My name’s sake. ¹³ But ^(IQ)it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. ^14 (IR)Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will ^[bo]answer; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom ^(IS)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or ^[bp]resist. ^16 (IT)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put ^(IU)some of you to death. ¹⁷ And ^(IV)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ^18 (IW)But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹ By your patience possess your souls.

The Destruction of Jerusalem^(IX)

^20 (IY)“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.