And He said to them, “Follow Me [as My disciples, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk], and I will make you fishers of men.”

I assure you, heaven and earth may as well cease to be, as that one jot or one tittle of the law should fail of its completion.

Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.

for whosoever doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is to me as my brother and sister and mother.

Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not came!

For I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest,

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.'

At this point, Jesus asked the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit? Day after day I sat teaching in the Temple, yet you didn't arrest me.