So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

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

Now a certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should we use our swords?”