So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.

When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”