from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

Then he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.