If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

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

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

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.

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

And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone.

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

‘No,’ they replied. ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.