Quotes About Expectation

from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

ëWe played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.í

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.

And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ëWe played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.í

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

But he answered his father, ëLook, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ëCome at once and sit down to eatí?

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.

They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.