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

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

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.’”

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.

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

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

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

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”