Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all men are in fact alive.

‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’

The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.

‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’

When you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

"The children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light."

"I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance."

‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.'