Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions
So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'
"The manager said to himself,'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig. and I', ashamed to beg-
I know what I'll do so that, when I lose mu job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first,'How much do you owe my master?'
"'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'
"Then he asked the second,'And how much do you owe?' "'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied."He told him,"Take your bull and make it eight hundred.'
"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light
I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
"Whoever can he trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very litty in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
And if you have not been trustworthy with somene else's property, who will give you property of your own?
"No servangt can serve two masters, Either he will hate the one love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. Youcannot serve both God and Money."
Thr Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus:
He saod tp them,"You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts, What is higly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John, Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
"Anyone who divores his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxry every day.
At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, coverd with sores
and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
In hell, where he was in tor,ent, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side
So he called to him,"Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in angony in this fire,'
"But Abraham replied, 'Son ,remember taht in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things but now he is comforted here and you are in agony
And besides all this, between us and you great chasm has been fixed , so that those who want to go from here to you cannot ,nor can anyone cross over from there to us,'
"He answered,"Then I beg you,father, send Lazarus to my father's house.
for I have five brothers, Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment
"Abraham replied,'They have Moses and the Prophets.let them listen to them
"'No , father Abraham,' he said,'but if someone from the dead goes to them,they wioll repent.'
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead,'"
Luke 17
Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to tht person through whom they come.
It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to case one of these little ones to sin
So watch yourselves "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, for give him,
If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him,"
The apostles said to the Lord,"Increase out faith!"
He replied,"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep, Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ;Come along now and sit down toe at'?
Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that that you may eat and drink?
Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
So you also, when you have done everything you were fold to do, whould say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"
Now in his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
At he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him, They stood at a distance
and called out in a loud voice,"Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"
When he saw them, he said ,"Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
One of them, when he saw he was healed,came beack, praising God in a loud voice
He threw himself at Jesus's feet and thanked him-and he was a Samaritan.
Jesus asked,"Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
Then he said to him,"Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied,"The kingdom of God doew not come with your careful observation
nor will people say, 'Here it is ,'or "There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but yoiu will not see ot.
Men will tell you, "There he is!" or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them,
For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning which flashes and lights up the lightning , which flashes and lights up the sky from ine end to the other
But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
People were eating,d rinking marrying and being given in marriage up to the day. Noah entered the ark, Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
"It was the same in the days of Lot . People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven andd estroyed them all.
"It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods nside, should go down yo get them, Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.
Remember Lot's wife!
Whoever thries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left
Two women will be gronding grain together, one will be taken and teh other left."
"Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied,"Where there is a dead body there the vultures will gather."
Luke 18
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.
And there was a widow in that town two kept coming to him with the plea,"Grant me justice against my adversary.'
"For some time he refused, But finally he said to himself,'Even tough I don't fear God or care about men.
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"
And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will be keep putting them off?
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly, However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find fauth on the earth?
To some who were confident of their wn righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself, : 'God, I thank I am not like other men- robbers, evildoers, adulterers- or even like this tax collector
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get,'
But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast anbd said,"God, have mercy on me, a sinner.:
"I tell you that his man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
People were also bringing babies to Jesus to hav ehim touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
But Jesus called the children to him and said,"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
A certain ruler asked him."Good teacher what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"Why do you call me good?"Jesus answered,"No one is good- except God alone.
You know the commandments,"Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimoney, honor your father and mother.'"
"All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him,"You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor. and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
When he heard this, he became very sad.because he was a man of great wealth.
Jesus looked at him and said,"How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through teh eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Those who heard this asked,"Who then can ne saved?"
Jesus replied,"What is impossible with men is possible with God,,:
Peter said to him, :We have left all we had to follow you!"
"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them."no one who has left home or wife ir brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
will fail to receive many times as much in this age and , in the age to come, eternal life."
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them,"We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophe about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,
He will be handed over to the Gentiles, They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog gim and kill him.
On the third day he will rise again."
The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them. and theu did not know what he was talking about
As hesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happebing.
They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
He called out,"Jesis, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,"Son of Bavid, have mercy on me!"
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him, When he came near, Jesus asked him.
"What do you want me to do fro you?'"Lord , I want to see," he replied.
Jesus said to him,"Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God, Wnen all the people saw it, they also praised God.
Luke 19
Jesus entered Jerico and was passing through.
A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was achief tax collector and was wealthy.
He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not , because of the crowd
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree tos ee him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,"Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."
So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter,"He has gone to be the guest of a sinner,'"
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,"Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
Jesus said to him,"Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of Man came to seek and tos ave what was lost,"
While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once
He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return
So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to work,' he said,'until I come back.'
"But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'
"He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
"The first one came and said. 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
"'Well done, mu good servant! his master replied,"Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
"The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more."
His master answered,'You take charge of five cities.'
"Then another servant came and said 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth
I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'
'His master replied,'I will jidge you by your own words, you wicked servant ! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what did not sow?
Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back. I could have collected it with interest?'
"Then he said to those standing by, "Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
"'Sir,' they said,'he already has ten!'
"He eplied,' I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.
But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them- bring them here and kill them in front of me,'"
After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, goint up to Jerusalem.
As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them.
"Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden, Yntie it and bring it here.
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him,"The Lord needs it,'"
Those whoi were sent ahead went and fount it just as he had told them.
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
They replied,"The Lord needs it,"
They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.
As he went along people spread their cloaks on the road.
When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joufully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus,"Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
"I tell you," he replied,"if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
and said,"if you, even you, had only known oin this day what would bring you peace- bu now it is hidden from your eyes.
The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankmet against you and encurcle you and hem you in on every side.
They will dash you to the ground, you did not recognize teh time of God's coming to you."
Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who werfe selling
"It is written," he said to them,"'My house will be a house of prayer; but you hacve made it ;a den of robbers,'"
Every day he was teaching at the temple . But the chief priests, the teachers of teh law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him
Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
Luke 20
One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and teh teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.
"'Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said,"Who gave you this authority?"
He repled,"I will also ask you a question . Tell me,
John's baptism- was it from heaven, or from men?"
They discussed it among themselves and said,"If we say,'From heaven,' he will ask,'Why didn't you believe him?'
But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
So they answered,"We don't know where it was from,"
Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authhority I am doing these things."
He went on to tell the people this parable."A man planted a vineyard , rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time
At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so the would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
He sent another servant. but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.
He sent still a third , and they wounded him and threw him out.
"Then the owner of the vineyard said ,'What shall I do? I will send my son , whom love, perhaps they will respect him.'
"But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over."This is the heir.' they said .'Let's kill him, and the inherutance will be ours.'
So they threw him out of the vineyard do to them?
He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.'When the people heard this, they said,"May this never be!"
Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: "' The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone?
Everyon who falls on that stome will be brotken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people
Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hopped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they moight hand him over to the power and authority of the governor
So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
He saw through their duplicity and said to thekm.
"Show me a denarius, Whose portrait and inscription are in it?"
"Caesar's they replied. He said to them,"Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's""
They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent,
Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
"Teacher," they said,"Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother
Now there were seven brother. The first one married a woman and died childless
The second
and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, ;eaving no children
Finally, the woman died too.
Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"
Jesus replied,"The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that ge and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry mor be given in marrieage,
and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children. since they are children of teh resurrection
But in the account of teh bush, even Moses showed that the the dead rise, for he calls the Lord'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
He is not the God of thed ead, but of the living for to him all are alive,"
Some of the teachers of the law responded,"Well said, teacher!"
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Then Jesus said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of Dvid?
David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: "' The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet,"
David calls him 'Lord,' How then can he be his son?'
While all the people were listening Jesus said to his disciples.
"Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and teh places of honor at banquets
They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers, Such men will be punished most severely."
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