How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?”

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

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.”

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?

“I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”

“Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;

And His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

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),’

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?”

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.”

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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.”

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.”

Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

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.

Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

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

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;

And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.

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.

And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’”

Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”

Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He *answered him, “It is as you say.”

[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”]

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”

And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.”

And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and 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.”

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

And Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he replied, “Say it, Teacher.”

For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”

They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”

And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

“When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.”

plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.

Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.