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

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

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

You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

But Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

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

It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

And the king said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’

Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied, “Nothing.”