But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

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

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

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.

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.

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

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

“The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.

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

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Then the disciples said to him, “Where, Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”

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

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

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

Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

Then another slave came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.