Don't think you can say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!"

Can any of you add a single hour to the length of your life by worrying?

Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when the beam is in your own eye?

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,

So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand?

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

When the disciples heard this, they were completely astonished. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

He asked them, "Then how can David by the Spirit call him "Lord' when he says,

If David calls him "Lord', how can he be his son?"

You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

and stated, "This man said, "I can destroy the sanctuary of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

"He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.