He said to them, “What things?” “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied, “a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.

and they went on to another village.

But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.

If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?

but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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

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

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,

But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

and sent them to Jesus to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.