“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’

They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

So Jesus told them this parable:

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

The man replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”

But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.

When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

So the king said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.