Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

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

Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

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 greatest among you will be your servant.

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.