I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

and He *said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He *said to the paralytic,

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!

But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.

But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.”

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was.

but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two tunics.”

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.

But He answered them, “You give them something to eat!” And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them something to eat?”

But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.”

for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?”

And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’

there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.

They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”

But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.

And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

[But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”