Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

14 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the ^[a]leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, ^(A)they were watching Him ^[b]closely. ² And ^[c]there in front of Him was a man suffering from ^[d]edema. ³ And Jesus responded and said to the ^[e](B)lawyers and ^[f]Pharisees, “^(C)Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴ But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. ⁵ And He said to them, “^[g](D)Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” ^6 (E)And they could offer no reply to this.

Parable of the Guests

⁷ Now He began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how ^(F)they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, ⁸ “Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, ^(G)do not ^[h]take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, ⁹ and the one who invited you ^[i]both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then ^(H)in disgrace you will proceed to occupy the last place. ¹⁰ But whenever you are invited, go and ^[j]take the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, ^(I)move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are ^[k]dining at the table with you. ^11 (J)For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹² Now He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you to a meal in return, and that will be your ^[l]repayment. ¹³ But whenever you give a ^[m]banquet, invite people who are poor, who have disabilities, who are limping, and people who are blind; ¹⁴ and you will be blessed, since they ^[n]do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at ^(K)the resurrection of the righteous.”

¹⁵ Now when one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “^(L)Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Parable of the Dinner

¹⁶ But He said to him, “^(M)A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; ¹⁷ and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’ ¹⁸ And yet they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I purchased a field and I need to go out to look at it; ^[o]please consider me excused.’ ¹⁹ And another one said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; ^[p]please consider me excused.’ ²⁰ And another one said, ‘^(N)I took a woman as my wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ ²¹ And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here those who are poor, those with disabilities, those who are blind, and those who are limping.’ ²² And later the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ ²³ And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges and press upon them to come in, so that my house will be filled. ²⁴ For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my dinner.’”

Discipleship Tested

²⁵ Now ^[q]large crowds were going along with Him, and He turned and said to them, ²⁶ “^(O)If anyone comes to Me and does not ^[r]hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ Whoever does not ^(P)carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? ²⁹ Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who are watching it will begin to ridicule him, ³⁰ saying, ‘This person began to build, and was not able to finish!’ ³¹ Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and ^(Q)consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand? ³² Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and requests terms of peace. ³³ So then, none of you can be My disciple who ^(R)does not ^[s]give up all his own possessions.

³⁴ “Therefore, salt is good; but ^(S)if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be ^[t]seasoned? ³⁵ It is useless either for the soil or the manure pile, so it is thrown out. ^(T)The one who has ears to hear, ^[u]let him hear.”

The Lost Sheep

15 Now all the ^(U)tax collectors and ^[v]sinners were coming near ^[w]Jesus to listen to Him. ² And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to complain, saying, “This man receives sinners and ^(V)eats with them.”

³ And so He told them this parable, saying, ⁴ “^(W)What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety-nine in the ^[x]open pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’ ⁷ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

The Lost Coin

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

The Prodigal Son

¹¹ And He said, “A man had two sons. ¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me ^(Y)the share of the estate that ^[z]is coming to me.’ And so he divided his ^[aa](Z)wealth between them. ¹³ And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate in ^[ab]wild living. ¹⁴ Now when he had ^[ac]spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began doing without. ¹⁵ So he went and ^[ad]hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ And he longed to have his fill of the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving him anything. ¹⁷ But when he came to ^[ae]his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired laborers have more than enough bread, but I am dying here ^[af]from hunger! ¹⁸ I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and ^[ag]in your sight; ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired laborers.”’ ²⁰ So he set out and came to ^[ah]his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and ^[ai](AA)embraced him and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and ^[aj]in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ²² But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out ^(AB)the best robe and put it on him, and ^[ak](AC)put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet; ²³ and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let’s eat and celebrate; ²⁴ for this son of mine was ^(AD)dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

²⁵ “Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶ And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be. ²⁷ And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.’ ²⁸ But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. ²⁹ But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never ^[al]neglected a command of yours; and yet you never gave me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; ³⁰ but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your ^[am](AE)wealth with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’ ³¹ And he said to him, ‘Son, you ^[an]have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours. ³² But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was ^(AF)dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’”

The Unrighteous Manager

16 Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was ^[ao]reported to him as ^(AG)squandering his possessions. ² And he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ ³ And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my ^[ap]master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to ^[aq]dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’ ⁵ And he summoned each one of his ^[ar]master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ⁶ And he said, ‘A hundred ^[as]jugs of oil.’ And 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?’ And he said, ‘A hundred ^[at]kors of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ⁸ And his ^[au]master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of ^(AH)this age are more shrewd in relation to their own ^[av]kind than the ^(AI)sons of light. ⁹ And I say to you, ^(AJ)make friends for yourselves by means of the ^[aw](AK)wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it ^[ax]is all gone, ^(AL)they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

¹⁰ “^(AM)The one who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much. ¹¹ Therefore if you have not ^[ay]been faithful in the use of unrighteous ^[az](AN)wealth, who will entrust the true wealth to you? ¹² And if you have not ^[ba]been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? ^13 (AO)No ^[bb]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^[bc](AP)wealth.”

¹⁴ Now the Pharisees, who were ^(AQ)lovers of money, were listening to all these things and ^(AR)were ^[bd]ridiculing Him. ¹⁵ And He said to them, “You are the ones who ^(AS)justify yourselves in the sight of people, but ^(AT)God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.

¹⁶ “^(AU)The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time ^(AV)the gospel of the kingdom of God ^[be]has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. ^17 (AW)But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one ^[bf]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

¹⁸ “^(AX)Everyone who ^[bg]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is ^[bh]divorced from a husband commits adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day. ²⁰ And a poor man named Lazarus ^(AY)was laid at his gate, covered with sores, ²¹ and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores. ²² Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to ^[bi](AZ)Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And in ^(BA)Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his ^[bj]arms. ²⁴ And he cried out and said, ‘^(BB)Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in ^(BC)this flame.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^(BD)during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. ²⁶ And ^[bk]besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set, so that those who want to go over from here to you will not be able, nor will any people cross over from there to us.’ ²⁷ And he said, ‘Then I request of you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— ²⁸ for I have five brothers—in order that he may ^(BE)warn them, so that they will not come to this place of torment as well.’ ²⁹ But Abraham *said, ‘They have ^[bl](BF)Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ ³⁰ But he said, ‘No, ^(BG)father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ ³¹ But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Instructions

17 Now He said to His disciples, “^(BH)It is inevitable that ^[bm]stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come! ^2 (BI)It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he ^[bn]is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to ^[bo]sin. ^3 [bp]Be on your guard! ^(BJ)If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you ^(BK)seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

^5 (BL)The apostles said to ^(BM)the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁶ But ^(BN)the Lord said, “If you ^[bq]had faith ^[br]the size of ^(BO)a mustard seed, you could say to this ^(BP)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would ^[bs]obey you.

⁷ “Now which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him after he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and recline at the table to eat’? ⁸ On the contrary, will he not say to him, ‘^(BQ)Prepare something for me to eat, and properly ^[bt]clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and ^[bu]afterward you ^[bv]may eat and drink’? ⁹ He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? ¹⁰ So you too, when you do all the things which were commanded you, say, ‘We are ^[bw]unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

Ten Men with Leprosy Healed

¹¹ While He was ^(BR)on the way to Jerusalem, ^(BS)He was passing ^[bx]between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as He entered a village, ten men with leprosy who ^(BT)stood at a distance met Him; ¹³ and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, ^(BU)Master, have mercy on us!” ¹⁴ When He saw them, He said to them, “^(BV)Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, ^(BW)glorifying God with a loud voice, ¹⁶ and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a ^(BX)Samaritan. ¹⁷ But Jesus responded and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they? ^18 [by]Was no one found who returned to ^(BY)give glory to God, except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And He said to him, “Stand up and go; ^(BZ)your faith has ^[bz]made you well.”

Second Coming Foretold

²⁰ Now He was questioned by the Pharisees ^(CA)as to when the kingdom of God was coming, and He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with ^[ca](CB)signs that can be observed; ²¹ nor will ^(CC)they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is ^[cb]in your midst.”

²² And He said to the disciples, “^(CD)The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (CE)And they will say to you, ‘Look there,’ or, ‘Look here!’ Do not leave, and do not run after them. ^24 (CF)For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part ^[cc]of the sky, shines to the other part ^[cd]of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. ^25 (CG)But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. ^26 (CH)And just as it happened ^(CI)in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ^28 [ce]It was the same as happened in ^(CJ)the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building; ²⁹ but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and ^[cf]brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ It will be ^[cg]just the same on the day that the Son of Man ^(CK)is revealed. ³¹ On that day, the one who will be ^(CL)on the ^[ch]housetop, ^[ci]with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back. ^32 (CM)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (CN)Whoever strives to ^[cj]save his ^[ck]life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. ^35 (CO)There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁶ [^[cl](CP)Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”] ³⁷ And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “^(CQ)Where the body is, there also the ^[cm]vultures will be gathered.”

Parables on Prayer

18 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ^(CR)ought to pray and not ^(CS)become discouraged, ² saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not ^(CT)respect any person. ³ Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my ^[cn]opponent.’ ⁴ For a while he was unwilling; but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor ^(CU)respect any person, ⁵ yet ^(CV)because this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice; otherwise ^[co]by continually coming she will ^(CW)wear me out.’” ⁶ And ^(CX)the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge *said; ⁷ now, will God not ^(CY)bring about justice for His ^(CZ)elect who cry out to Him day ^[cp]and night, and will He ^(DA)delay long for them? ⁸ I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ^(DB)will He find ^[cq]faith on the earth?”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ Now He also told this parable to some people who ^(DC)trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ^(DD)viewed others with contempt: ¹⁰ “Two men ^(DE)went up into the ^[cr]temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(DF)stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I ^(DG)fast twice a week; I ^(DH)pay tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, ^(DI)standing some distance away, ^(DJ)was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but ^(DK)was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be ^[cs]merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; ^(DL)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

^15 (DM)Now they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. ¹⁶ But Jesus called for ^[ct]the little ones, saying, “Allow the children to come to Me, and do not ^[cu]forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁷ Truly I say to you, ^(DN)whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

The Rich Young Ruler

^18 (DO)A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁹ But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me ^[cv]good? No one is ^[cw]good except God alone. ²⁰ You know the commandments, ‘^(DP)Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and mother.’” ²¹ And he said, “All these things I have kept since my youth.” ²² Now when Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; ^(DQ)sell all that you possess and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have ^(DR)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” ²³ But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy. ²⁴ And Jesus looked at him and said, “^(DS)How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For ^(DT)it is easier for a camel to ^[cx]go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁶ Those who heard Him said, “And so who can be saved?” ²⁷ But He said, “^(DU)The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

²⁸ Peter said, “Behold, ^(DV)we have left ^[cy]our own homes and followed You.” ²⁹ And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, ^(DW)there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ who will not receive many times as much at this time, and in ^(DX)the age to come, eternal life.”

^31 (DY)Now He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, ^(DZ)we are going up to Jerusalem, and ^(EA)all the things that have been written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. ^32 (EB)For He will be ^[cz]handed over to the Gentiles, and will be ridiculed, and abused, and spit upon, ³³ and after they have flogged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise.” ^34 [da](EC)The disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

Bartimaeus Receives Sight

^35 (ED)Now as ^[db](EE)Jesus was approaching Jericho, a man who was blind was sitting by the road, begging. ³⁶ But when he heard a crowd going by, he began inquiring what this was. ³⁷ They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. ³⁸ And he called out, saying, “Jesus, ^(EF)Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹ Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, “^(EG)Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁰ And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He asked him, ⁴¹ “What do you want Me to do for you?” And he said, “Lord, I want to regain my sight!” ⁴² And Jesus said to him, “Regain your sight; ^(EH)your faith has ^[dc]made you well.” ⁴³ And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, ^(EI)glorifying God; and when ^(EJ)all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

Zaccheus Converted

19 Jesus ^(EK)entered Jericho and was passing through. ² And ^[dd]there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. ³ Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and he was unable due to the crowd, because he was short in stature. ⁴ So he ran on ahead and climbed up a ^[de](EL)sycamore tree in order to see Him, because He was about to pass through that way. ⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” ⁶ And he hurried and came down, and received Him ^[df]joyfully. ⁷ When the people saw this, they all began to complain, saying, “He has gone in ^[dg]to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!” ⁸ But Zaccheus stopped and said to ^(EM)the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I am giving to the poor, and if I have ^(EN)extorted anything from anyone, I am giving back ^(EO)four times as much.” ⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is ^(EP)a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Parable of the Ten Minas

¹¹ Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because ^(EQ)He was near Jerusalem and they thought that ^(ER)the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. ¹² So He said, “^(ES)A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return. ¹³ And he called ten of his own slaves and gave them ten ^[dh]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money ^[di]until I come back.’ ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵ When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be summoned to him so that he would learn how much they had made by the business they had done. ¹⁶ The first slave appeared, saying, ‘^[dj]Master, your ^[dk]mina has made ten minas more.’ ¹⁷ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been ^(ET)faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸ The second one came, saying, ‘Your ^[dl]mina, ^[dm]master, has made five minas.’ ¹⁹ And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ ²⁰ And then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief; ²¹ for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ ²² He *said to him, ‘^[dn]From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back, I would have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴ And then he said to the other slaves who were present, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ ²⁵ And they said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas.’ ²⁶ ‘^(EU)I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. ²⁷ But as for ^(EV)these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and ^(EW)slaughter them in my presence.’”

Triumphal Entry

²⁸ After Jesus said these things, He ^(EX)was going on ahead, ^(EY)going up to Jerusalem.

^29 (EZ)When He approached Bethphage and ^(FA)Bethany, near the ^[do]mountain that is called ^(FB)Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village ^[dp]ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘^[dq]The Lord has need of it.’” ³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them. ³³ And as they were untying the colt, its ^[dr]owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ They said, “^[ds]The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus, ^(FC)and they threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶ Now as He was going, they were spreading their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ And as soon as He was approaching, near the descent of ^(FD)the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to ^(FE)praise God ^[dt]joyfully with a loud voice for all the ^[du]miracles which they had seen, ^38 [dv]shouting:

^39 (FI)And yet some of the Pharisees ^[dw]in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!” ⁴⁰ Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, ^(FJ)the stones will cry out!”

⁴¹ When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and ^(FK)wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon you ^[dx]when your enemies will ^(FL)put up a ^[dy]barricade against you, and ^(FM)surround you and hem you in on every side, ⁴⁴ and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and ^(FN)they will not leave in you one stone upon ^[dz]another, because you did not recognize ^(FO)the time of your visitation.”

Traders Driven from the Temple

^45 (FP)And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written: ‘^(FQ)And My house will be a house of prayer,’ ^(FR)but you have made it a den of robbers.”

⁴⁷ And ^(FS)He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people ^(FT)were trying to put Him to death, ⁴⁸ and yet they could not find ^[ea]anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to ^[eb]every word He said.

Jesus’ Authority Questioned

20 ^(FU)On one of the days while ^(FV)He was teaching the people in the temple and ^(FW)preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders ^(FX)confronted Him, ² and they declared, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?” ³ But He replied to them, “I will also ask you a ^[ec]question, and you tell Me: ⁴ Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?” ⁵ They discussed among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ ⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, since they are convinced that John was a ^(FY)prophet.” ⁷ And so they answered that they did not know where it came from. ⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.”

Parable of the Vine-growers

^9 (FZ)But He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to ^[ed]vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. ¹⁰ At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹ And he proceeded to send another slave; but they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹² And he proceeded to send a third; but this one too they wounded and threw out. ¹³ Now the ^[ee]owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will ^(GA)respect him.’ ¹⁴ But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ ¹⁵ And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the ^[ef]owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and ^(GB)put these vine-growers to death, and will give the vineyard to others.” However, when they heard this, they said, “^(GC)May it never happen!” ¹⁷ But ^[eg]Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what is this statement that has been written:

^18 (GF)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹⁹ The scribes and the chief priests ^(GG)tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them. ^20 (GH)And so they watched Him ^[ei]closely, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order ^(GI)that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could hand Him over to the jurisdiction and authority of ^(GJ)the governor. ²¹ And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You ^[ej]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth. ²² Is it ^[ek]permissible for us ^(GK)to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” ²³ But He saw through their trickery and said to them, ²⁴ “Show Me a ^[el]denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “Then ^(GL)pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ²⁶ And they were unable to ^(GM)catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing.

Is There a Resurrection?

^27 (GN)Now some of the ^(GO)Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him, ²⁸ and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(GP)if ^[em]a man’s brother dies, ^[en]leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to ^[eo]marry the wife and raise up children ^[ep]for his brother. ²⁹ So then, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; ³⁰ and the second ³¹ and the third ^[eq]married her; and in the same way ^[er]all seven ^[es]died, leaving no children. ³² Finally the woman also died. ³³ Therefore, in the resurrection, ^[et]which one’s wife does the woman become? For ^[eu]all seven ^[ev]married her.”

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “The sons of ^(GQ)this age marry and the women are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are considered worthy to attain to ^(GR)that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ for they cannot even die anymore, for they are like angels, and are ^(GS)sons of God, being ^[ew]sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But as for the fact that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed this in ^(GT)the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord ^(GU)the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ^38 (GV)Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for ^(GW)all live to Him.” ³⁹ Some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ For ^(GX)they did not have the courage to question Him any longer about anything.

^41 (GY)But He said to them, “How is it that they say the ^[ex]Christ is ^(GZ)David’s son? ⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

⁴⁴ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and so how is He his son?”

^45 (HC)And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, ^(HD)who like to walk around in long robes, and love personal greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, ⁴⁷ who ^[ey]devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

The Widow’s Gift

21 ^(HE)Now He looked up and saw the wealthy putting their gifts into the temple treasury. ² And He saw a poor widow putting ^[ez]in ^(HF)two ^[fa]lepta coins. ³ And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; ⁴ for they all ^[fb]contributed to the ^[fc]offering from their ^[fd]surplus; but she, from her poverty, put in all ^[fe]that she had ^(HG)to live on.”

^5 (HH)And while some were talking about the temple, that it was decorated with beautiful stones and ^[ff]vowed gifts, He said, ⁶ “As for these things which you are observing, the days will come when ^(HI)there will not be left one stone upon ^[fg]another, which will not be torn down.”

⁷ They asked Him questions, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the ^[fh]sign when these things are about to take place?” ⁸ And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘^(HJ)I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ ^(HK)Do not go after them. ⁹ And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”

Things to Come

¹⁰ Then He continued by saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, ¹¹ and there will be ^[fi]massive earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrible sights and great ^[fj]signs from heaven.

¹² “But before all these things, ^(HL)they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, ^[fk]bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name. ^13 (HM)It will lead to ^[fl]an opportunity for your testimony. ^14 (HN)So ^[fm]make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; ¹⁵ for ^(HO)I will provide you ^[fn]eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute. ¹⁶ But you will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, other relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death, ¹⁷ and you will be hated by all people because of My name. ¹⁸ And yet ^(HP)not a hair of your head will perish. ^19 (HQ)By your endurance you will gain your ^[fo]lives.

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem ^(HR)surrounded by armies, then ^[fp]recognize that her desolation is near. ²¹ Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside ^[fq]the city must leave, and ^(HS)those who are in the country must not enter ^[fr]the city; ²² because these are ^(HT)days of punishment, so that all things which have been written will be fulfilled. ²³ Woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for ^(HU)there will be great distress upon the ^[fs]land, and wrath to this people; ²⁴ and they will fall by ^(HV)the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and ^(HW)Jerusalem will be ^(HX)trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until ^(HY)the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Return of Christ

²⁵ “There will be ^[ft]signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, ²⁶ people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the ^[fu]world; for the powers of ^[fv]the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ And ^(HZ)then they will see ^(IA)the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because ^(IB)your redemption is drawing near.”

²⁹ And He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees: ³⁰ as soon as they put forth leaves, you see for yourselves and ^(IC)know that summer is now near. ³¹ So you too, when you see these things happening, ^[fw]recognize that ^(ID)the kingdom of God is near. ³² Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. ^33 (IE)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁴ “But ^(IF)be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that ^[fx]this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap; ³⁵ for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ But ^(IG)stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to ^(IH)stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷ Now ^[fy]during the day He was ^(II)teaching in the temple, but ^[fz](IJ)at evening He would go out and spend the night on ^(IK)the ^[ga]mountain that is called ^[gb]Olivet. ³⁸ And all the people would get up ^(IL)very early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.