“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

Again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice – I will show you what he is like:

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”