Jesus said in a parable: A father said to his two sons, “Go and work in the vineyard today.” The first replied, “I will not,” but afterwards thought better of it and went. The second replied, “Certainly, sir,” but did not go. Which of the two did the father’s will?

God says: I will give an undivided heart to my people. I will put a new spirit in them.

Jesus said: Be like people waiting for their master to return, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.

The Word was in the world and, though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. But to all who accepted him he gave the power to become children of God.

Jesus said: A sower went out to sow. Some seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop — a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Let anyone with ears listen!

The law of the Spirit, which gives life in Christ Jesus, has set us free from the law of sin and death.

Jesus said: The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches.

Jesus said: Have you never read in the scriptures: “The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone; this is the Lord’s doing and we marvel at it”?