For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law – were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

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 an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?