But Jesus called them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

“Tell the people of Zion, ‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

“So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,