I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven.

But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth."

But many who now are first will be last, and many who now are last will be first.

Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first."

I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love."

How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!

Then those who are now last will be first, and those who are now first will be last."

In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.

Jesus spoke up, "There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine?

Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?"

The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!"

They went to Philip (he was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and said, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

Law was introduced in order to increase wrongdoing; but where sin increased, God's grace increased much more.

So we say that the Gentiles, who were not trying to put themselves right with God, were put right with him through faith;

"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it.

And Jesus concluded, "Many are invited, but few are chosen."

I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!' "

And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

And there is another reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in you who believe.

We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.

God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are.

But if you look closely into the perfect law that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice---you will be blessed by God in what you do.