“You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.

Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

But Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

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.”

You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

“The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!