Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

He answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.”

and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

He told them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”