instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take out the splinter from your eye,' when there lies the plank in your own eye?

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'

Then Jesus told him, "See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, to notify men."

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

Then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,' and when it comes it finds the house vacant, clean, and all in order.

But you say, whoever tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service but it is dedicated to God,'

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees have taken offence at what they hear you say?"

Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?"

They told him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

He said to them, "And who do you say I am?"

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

Jesus said to him, "Seven times? I say, seventy times seven!

If anyone says anything to you, you will say that the Lord needs them; then he will at once let them go."

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

Woe to you, blind guides that you are! you say, 'Swear by the sanctuary, and it means nothing; but swear by the gold of the sanctuary, and the oath is binding.'

You say again, 'Swear by the altar, and it means nothing; but swear by the gift upon it, and the oath is binding.'

and you say 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

For I tell you, you will never see me again till you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,'

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so; tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near, I will celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.' "

Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"

and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep."

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God),

Then Jesus and his disciples set off for the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he inquired of his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

"John the Baptist," they told him, "though some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the prophets."

So he inquired of them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Christ."

(for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back immediately."

Then he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you after this!" The disciples heard him say it.

I tell you truly, whoever says to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' and has not a doubt in his mind but believes that what he says will happen, he will have it done.

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher says, 'Where is my room, that I may eat the passover there with my disciples?'

then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

From many people daemons were also driven out, clamouring aloud, "You are God's son!" But he checked them and refused to let them say anything, as they knew he was the Christ.

Jesus ordered him not to say a word to anybody, but to "Go off and show yourself to the priest, and offer whatever Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

Besides, no one wants new wine [immediately] after drinking old; 'The old,' he says, 'is better.'"

How dare you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' and you never notice the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

When he had finished what he had to say in the hearing of the people, he went into Capharnahum.

and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!'

Then Jesus addressed him. "Simon," he said, "I have something to say to you." "Speak, teacher," he said.

His fellow guests began to say to themselves, "Who is this, to forgive even sins?"

He was still speaking when someone came from the house of the synagogue-president to say, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher any further."

Now it happened that while he was praying by himself his disciples were beside him. So he inquired of them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

They replied, "John the Baptist, though some say Elijah and some say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen."

He said to them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "The Christ of God."

Another man also said to him, "I will follow you, Lord. But let me first say good-bye to my people at home."

Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!'

He said to them, "When you pray, say, Father, thy name be revered, thy Reign begin;

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, let me have three loaves;

and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul?

When an unclean spirit leaves a man, it roams through dry places in search of refreshment. As it finds none, then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,'

As the crowds were thronging to him, he proceeded to say, "This is an evil generation: it demands a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of Jonah;

One of the jurists said to him, "Teacher, when you say this you are insulting us as well."

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

Everyone also who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven for it, but he who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven.

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk,

And to the crowds he said, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say, 'There is a shower coming,' and so it is:

when you feel the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be heat,' and so it is.

You will then proceed to say, 'But we ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets!'

'I tell you,' he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; begone everyone of you, you evildoers.'

See, your House is left to yourselves. I tell you, you will never see me till the day comes when you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

and when he gets home he gathers his friends and neighbours: 'Rejoice with me,' he says to them, 'for I have found the sheep I lost.'

I will be up and off to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

The Lord said, "If you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

Well, it is the same with you; when you have done all you are bidden, say, 'We are but servants; we have only done our duty.' "

no one will say, 'Here it is' or 'There it is,' for the Reign of God is now in your midst."

Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them,

Listen," said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says!

Now his people hated him and sent envoys after him to say, 'We object to him having royal power over us.'