<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council,<n id="2" /> a good and righteous man.

What father among you, if your<n id="1" /> son asks for<n id="2" /> a fish, will give him a snake<n id="3" /> instead of a fish?

Therefore he said, &#8220;A nobleman<n id="1" /> went to a distant country to receive<n id="2" /> for himself a kingdom and then return.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he began to tell the people this parable: &#8220;A man<n id="2" /> planted a vineyard,<n id="3" /> leased it to tenant farmers,<n id="4" /> and went on a journey for a long time.

I fast twice<n id="1" /> a week; I give a tenth<n id="2" /> of everything I get.&#8217;

But Jesus<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;A man once gave a great banquet<n id="2" /> and invited<n id="3" /> many guests.<n id="4" />

Now<n id="1" /> a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector<n id="2" /> and was rich.

So<n id="1" /> they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, &#8216;Look at him,<n id="1" /> a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!&#8217;<n id="2" />

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle<n id="1" /> than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place<n id="1" /> or under a basket,<n id="2" /> but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

to a virgin engaged<n id="1" /> to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David,<n id="2" /> and the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary.

This<n id="1" /> will be a sign<n id="2" /> for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;A man had two sons.

He said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;In a certain city<n id="2" /> there was a judge<n id="3" /> who neither feared God nor respected people.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;No one lights<n id="1" /> a lamp<n id="2" /> and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.<n id="3" />

Yet<n id="1" /> not a hair of your head will perish.<n id="2" />

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more<n id="1" /> than a prophet.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now as they went on their way, Jesus<n id="1" /> entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.<n id="2" />

He then<n id="1" /> told them a parable:<n id="2" /> &#8220;The land of a certain rich man produced<n id="3" /> an abundant crop,