Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

So he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

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