"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your heavenly Father give what is good to those who keep on asking Him?

And suddenly a furious storm came up, so that the boat was being covered over by the bursting billows, but He kept on sleeping.

So stop being afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

the blind are seeing and the crippled are walking, the lepers are being healed and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised and the poor are having the good news preached to them.

And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.

but the boat was already a long way from shore, and was being tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.

Then Jesus at once spoke to them, "Be men of courage! It is I; stop being afraid."

For just as in the days before the Flood people went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

And while the charges were being made against Him by the high priests and elders, He made no answer.