His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.

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

As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying, “Who is this?”

Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

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

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

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

But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

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

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

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.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,