To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ courts!

He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”

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

But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

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

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’

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

Then people will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’

So they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”