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Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd, because he was small in stature.

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold."

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.'

He replied, 'I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!"

and said, "If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

He declared to them, "It is written: 'My house will be a house of prayer.' But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and humiliated him, sending him away empty-handed.

Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

But Jesus looked directly at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

"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.

But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother's widow and raise up offspring for him.