“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.

Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

“Therefore, you should pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
Your name be honored as holy.

But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,

and asked Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Anyone who has ears should listen!

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

Anyone who has ears should listen!”

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Anyone who has ears should listen!

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

If anyone says anything to you, you should say that the Lord needs them, and immediately he will send them.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.

Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Messiah?”

They all answered, “Crucify Him!”