Study Desk

Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."

But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.

If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.

But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.

"Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can't come.'

"Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

So he got up and went to his father. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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.'

I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my 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?'

I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

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 agony in this fire.'