He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

So Jesus told them this parable:

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’

Then he said to the man, “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

The man replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”

But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.

Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?”

For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”

“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, let me see again.”

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,