And He said to His disciples, It is impossible for causes of stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come.

It is more profitable for him if a millstone is put around his neck and he is hurled into the sea than to stumble one of these little ones.

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

And if he sins against you seven times in a day and turns again to you seven times, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.

And the apostles said to the Lord,  ¹Increase our faith.

But the Lord said, If you have faith like a mustard seed, you would have said to this sycamine tree, Be uprooted and be planted in the sea; and it would have obeyed you.

But which of you, having a slave who is plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, Come immediately and recline at table?

Will he not rather say to him, Prepare something that I may dine, and gird yourself and serve me until I eat and drink; and after that you will eat and drink?

He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were ordered, does he?

So also you, when you do all the things which are ordered you, say, We are unprofitable slaves; we have done what we ought to have done.

And as He was going to Jerusalem, He passed between Samaria and Galilee.

And as He entered into a certain village, ten  ¹leprous men, who stood at a distance, met Him.

And they raised their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!

And when He saw them, He said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they  ¹went, they were cleansed.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice;

And he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

And Jesus answered and said, Were not the ten cleansed? But the nine, where are they?

Were none found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?

And He said to him, Rise up and go; your faith has  ¹healed you.

And when He was questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, The  ¹kingdom of God does  ²not come with observation;

Nor will they say, Behold, here it is! or, There! For behold, the  ¹kingdom of God is in the midst of  ²you.

And He said to the disciples, The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will  ¹not see it.

And they will say to you, Behold, there! Behold, here! Do not go away, nor run after them.

For just as  ¹lightning flashing from one end  ²of heaven shines to the other end  ²of heaven, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

 ¹And even as it happened in the  ²days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man:

They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

But on the day in which Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

It will be in the same way on the day in which the Son of Man is revealed.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him  ¹not come down to take them away; and he who is in the field, likewise, let him not turn back to the things behind.

Remember  ¹Lot's wife.

Whoever seeks to  ¹preserve his soul-life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it alive.

 ¹I tell you, In that night there will be two on one bed; the one will be  ²taken and the other will be left.

There will be two women grinding together; the one will be taken but the other will be left.

 ¹Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.

And they answered and said to Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, Where the  ¹body is, there also will the vultures be gathered together.

And He told them a parable to the end that they ought always to pray and not lose heart,

Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city who did not fear God and did not regard man.

And there was a  ¹widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying,  ²Avenge me of my  ³opponent.

And for a time he would not; but afterward he said within himself, Even though I do not fear God nor regard man,

Yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, lest by continually coming she wear me out.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

And will not God by all means carry out the avenging of His chosen ones, who cry to Him day and night, though He is long-suffering over them?

I tell you that He will carry out their avenging quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man  ¹comes, will He find  ²faith on the earth?

And  ¹He told this parable also to certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised the rest:

Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood and prayed these things to himself: God, I thank You that I am  ¹not like the rest of men — extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I  ¹fast twice a  ²week; I give a tenth of all that I get.

But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be  ¹propitiated to me, the sinner!

I tell you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that one; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

And they were bringing to Him also their babies that He might touch them. But when the disciples saw this they rebuked them.

But Jesus called them to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not  ¹forbid them, for of such is the  ²kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a  ¹little child shall by no means enter into it.

And a  ¹certain ruler questioned Him, saying, Good Teacher,  ²what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

But Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One — God.

You know the commandments: “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.”

And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

And hearing this, Jesus said to him, Still you lack one thing: all that you have, sell and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens; and come, follow Me.

But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.

And Jesus, seeing that he became very sorrowful, said, How difficult it is for those who have riches to go into the kingdom of God.

For it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a  ¹needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And those who heard said,  ¹Then who can be saved?

But He said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

And Peter said, Behold, we have left our own things and have followed You.

And He said to them, Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children  ¹for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Who shall not by all means receive back many times as much in  ¹this time, and in the coming age, eternal life.

And taking the twelve aside, He said to them, Behold we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which have been written through the prophets regarding the Son of Man will be accomplished,

For He will be  ¹delivered up to the Gentiles and will be mocked and outrageously treated and spat upon;

And when they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise.

And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what was being said.

And as He  ¹drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road, begging.

And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this might be.

And they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by.

And he shouted, saying, Jesus,  ¹Son of David, have mercy on me!

And those going before rebuked him so that he would be silent, but he cried out much more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

And Jesus, standing still, commanded that he be led to Him. And when he drew near, He questioned him,

 ¹What do you want Me to do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight!

And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight; your faith has  ¹healed you.

And instantly he received his sight and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.