and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather? For I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

His winnowing-fork is in His hand, and He will clean out His threshing-floor and store His wheat in His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with fire that never can be put out."

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.

No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.

But which of you by worrying can add a single minute to his life?

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me get that tiny speck out of your eye,' while all the time there is a girder in your own?

You hypocrite, first get the girder out of your own eye, and then you can see well enough to get the tiny speck out of your brother's eye.

And a leper came up to Him, and prostrated himself before Him, and said, "Lord, if you choose to, you can cure me."

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

For she kept saying to herself, "If I can only touch His coat, I will get well."

After He had gone into the house, and the blind men had gone up to Him, Jesus said to them, "Do you really believe that I can do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."

You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

Do not sparrows sell for a cent apiece? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground without your Father's notice.

"But to what can I compare the leaders of this age? They are like little children sitting in the market places and calling to their fellows in the game,

Now if Satan is driving out Satan, he has become disunited; how then can his kingdom last?

Or, how can anyone get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant? After that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

For this people's soul has grown dull, and with their ears they can scarcely hear, and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they will never see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn to me, so that I may cure them!'

He said to them, "Every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who can bring out of his storeroom new furnishings as well as old."

The disciples said to Him, "Where in this destitute place can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

And Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving and perverted people of the times! How long can I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

and said: "I solemnly say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you can never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.

For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

But when the disciples heard this, they were dumbfounded, and asked, "Who then can be saved!"

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

If David, then, calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?"

You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!

But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans.

They were cut to the bottom of their hearts, and began to ask one by one, "It cannot be I, can it, Lord?"

Then Judas, who afterward betrayed Him, answered by asking, "It cannot be I, can it, Rabbi?" Jesus answered him, "Yes, you are the man."

and said, "This man said, 'I can tear down the temple of God, and build it again in three days.'"

Pilate said to them, "Take the military guard and go and make it as secure as you can."