And he said unto them, “Strive to enter in by the narrow door:  for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.  When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ and he shall answer and say to you, ’I know you not whence ye are’; then shall ye begin to say, ’We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets’; and he shall say, ’I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.’  There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.  And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.  And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.”

A MESSAGE TO HEROD.

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, “Get thee out, and go hence:  for Herod would fain kill thee.”

And he said unto them, “Go and say to that fox, ’Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.’  Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following:  for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.”

THE OX IN THE PIT.

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.  And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.  And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?”

But they held their peace.  And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

And he said unto them, “Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?” And they could not answer again unto these things.

THE CHIEF PLACES AT THE FEAST.

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them, “When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, ’Give this man place’; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.  But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, ’Friend, go up higher’; then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.  For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled:  and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”