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.

How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.