Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Simon answered, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

The expert in religious law said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’