But they could not reply to this.

Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”

and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

So Jesus told them this parable:

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.