But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!

And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,

Or how will you say to your brother, 'Allow [me] to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood [is] in your [own] eye?

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

[It is] enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."

and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

Do you not yet understand or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

How do you not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

And Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Then Peter came up to him [and] said, "Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"

And [when they] saw [it], the disciples were astonished, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?' But {he could say nothing}.

He said to them, "How then does David, by the Spirit, call him 'Lord,' saying,

If then David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How will you escape from the condemnation to hell?

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen in this way?"

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many [things] they are testifying against you?"

Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make [it] as secure as you know how."

how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave [it] to those who were with him?"

And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians {and began to conspire} against him with regard to how they could destroy him.

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?

And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--{he does not know how}.

And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And [when they] found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven."

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

"When also [broke] the seven [loaves] for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they said to him, "Seven."

And he said to them, "Elijah indeed does come first [and] restores all [things]. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man that he should suffer many [things] and be treated with contempt?

And he answered them [and] said, "O unbelieving generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

And he asked his father how long it was since this had been happening to him. And he said, "From childhood.

And Jesus looked around [and] said to his disciples, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!"

And the disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus answered [and] said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!

And the chief priests and the scribes heard [it], and began considering how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching.

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

And continuing, Jesus said [while] teaching in the temple [courts], "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

David himself calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.

And he sat down opposite the contribution box [and] was observing how the crowd was putting coins into the contribution box. And many rich people were putting in many [coins].

Now after two days it was the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, [after] arresting him by stealth, they could kill [him].

And [when] they heard [this], they were delighted, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how he could betray him conveniently.

And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

And those who had seen [it] reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

So Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverted generation! {How long} will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

But when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; to them there is neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is accomplished!

Hypocrites! You know how to evaluate the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how [is it] you do not know how to evaluate this present time?

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!

And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your promissory note and write eighty.'

And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?"

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.

And the Lord turned around [and] looked intently at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he spoke to you [while he] was still in Galilee,

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to a sentence of death, and crucified him.

And they began describing {what happened} on the road, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these [things] be?"

If I tell you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?

But if you do not believe that one's writings, how will you believe my words?"

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man {possess knowledge}, [because he] has not been taught?"

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

So they began to say to him, "How were your eyes opened?"

So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, "{How long will you keep us in suspense}? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!"

So the Jews were saying, "See how he loved him!"

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How are we able to know the way?"