Text: Matthew 24:36-44 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The necessity for watchfulness 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,[a] but the Father only. 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For as in those […]

Text: Luke 23:33-43 (NRSV) 3When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34 [Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they cast lots to […]

Text: Luke 21:5-19Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Destruction of the Temple Foretold 5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone […]

Text: Luke 20:27-38 (RSV) The Question about the Resurrection 27 There came to him some Sad′ducees, those who say that there is no resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man[a] must […]

Text: Luke 19:1-10 The Message (MSG) Zacchaeus 19 1-4 Then Jesus entered and walked through Jericho. There was a man there, his name Zacchaeus, the head tax man and quite rich. He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way—he was a short man and couldn’t see over […]