Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Then the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

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?

So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus to my father’s house

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!”

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

So the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.’

Then the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’