So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”

I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

So Jesus told them this parable:

There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

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

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.