And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off ¹  your feet as you leave that house or that town.

Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ ¹  When it returns, ²  it finds the house ³  empty, swept clean, and put in order. ⁴ 

While he was still speaking, a ¹  bright cloud ²  overshadowed ³  them, and a voice from the cloud said, ⁴  “This is my one dear Son, ⁵  in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” ⁶ 

They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven ¹  to the other.

And ¹  a voice from heaven said, ²  “This is my one dear Son; ³  in him ⁴  I take great delight.” ⁵ 

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ ¹ 

But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

The ¹  king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death ²  and set their city ³  on fire.

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. ¹  My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ¹  ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ ² 

For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. ¹ 

He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So ¹  the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’

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

When the people ¹  there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, ¹  he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.