“Then he told them a parable: ”Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near. So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. I tell you the truth, this generation…
“And he began to tell the people this parable: ”A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the…
‘ The king said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow? Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I…
Luke 19:15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. Luke 19:16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ Luke 19:17…
Luke 19:11 ¶ As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. Luke 19:12 He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. Luke…
Luke 18:35 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. Luke 18:36 And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. Luke 18:37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” Luke 18:38 And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”…
Luke 18:9 ¶ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: Luke 18:10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. Luke 18:11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ’God, I thank…
Luke 18:1 ¶ And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. Luke 18:2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. Luke 18:3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to…
Luke 17:27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Luke 17:28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, Luke 17:29 but…
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, ’Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. Luke 16:26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who…
