“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

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.’”

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

And the king said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’

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

And he said to his attendants, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

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.

So they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”

Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied, “Nothing.”

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]