Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

And the landowner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,