So Jesus said to them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,