When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

They answered, “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.”

But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

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

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

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

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

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.

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.

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.