Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

But he denied it in front of them all: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?”

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

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.

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

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