Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must do homage to the Lord your God, and worship him alone!' "

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.

"You have heard that they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing,

"When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get!

You must not be like them. For God, who is your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

Therefore, you must always treat other people as you would like to have them treat you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

he said, "You must go away, for the girl is not dead; she is asleep." And they laughed at him.

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops.

You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

"You must either make the tree sound and its fruit sound, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; a tree is judged by its fruit.

"You must listen closely then to the figure of the sower.

He said to them, "Then remember that every scribe who has become a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven must be like a householder who can supply from his storeroom new things as well as old."

and he said to his attendants, "This man must be John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why wonderful powers are working through him."

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

But he answered, "Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be uprooted!

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving, obstinate people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."

A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?"

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,

And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

There is a second like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.

And you must not call anyone on earth your father, for you have only one father, your heavenly Father.

And you must not let men call you master, for you have only one master, the Christ.

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

"So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"??he reader must take note of this??16 "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

a man on the roof of his house must not go down to get things out of it,

and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

So when you see all these things, you must know that he is just at the door.

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.

Therefore you must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him.

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

But they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.

Then he said to them, "My heart is almost breaking. You must stay here and keep watch with me."

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be exposed to trial! One's spirit is eager, but flesh and blood are weak!"

But then how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled, which say that this must happen?"

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"