“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

“The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.

Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.

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

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in kings’ palaces.

if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

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:

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry—

There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,
My beloved in whom My soul delights;
I will put My Spirit on Him,
and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Him. He healed him, so that the man could both speak and see.

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Anyone who has ears should listen!”

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But the one sown on the good ground—this is one who hears and understands the word, who does bear fruit and yields: some 100, some 60, some 30 times what was sown.”

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

He replied: “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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

“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

Now those who ate were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.

When the men of that place recognized Him, they alerted the whole vicinity and brought to Him all who were sick.

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

Now those who ate were 4,000 men, besides women and children.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes.

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

When he began to settle accounts, one who owed 10,000 talents was brought before him.

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

“Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female,”

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: In the Messianic Age, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

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

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’

He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup. But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna to the Son of David!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!

When He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken, saying, “Who is this?”

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.

The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it.

And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by Him who sits on it.

You, therefore, testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

“Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.

“The sensible ones answered, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell, and buy oil for yourselves.’

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived. Then those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

“‘So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has 10 talents.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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.

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

He replied, “The one who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl—he will betray Me.

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

Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two who came forward

and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who hit You?”

When he had gone out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene!”

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?”