All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”

Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

But he will reply, ‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with 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!”