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

Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,