saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it."

I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches."

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

Peter said to him, "Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water."

So he said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,'

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven or from people?" They discussed this among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come."

(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him."

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

All these evils come from within and defile a person."

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much -- homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.

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

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.