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Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

…and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.

…yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

…and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.

And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.

“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.

They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.

And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together

While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.

Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.

“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.

When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.