The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

‘No,’ they replied. ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Then he will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.