He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!

“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

So Jesus told them this parable:

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