Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again – he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

“The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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

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

And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied, “Nothing.”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

but they urged him, “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.