Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. 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."

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn't he?"

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart."

He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying,

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.