These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected,

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,

Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.

After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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!

People don't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.

Don't be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren't you?

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

Then Jesus told him, "See to it that you don't speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,

When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, because in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."

Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is expelled as waste?

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread?

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Don't tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

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 they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

"But he replied, "I tell all of you with certainty, I don't know you!'

So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

But he denied it in front of them all. "I don't know what you're talking about!" he exclaimed.

Again he denied it and swore with an oath, "I don't know the man!"

Then he began to curse violently. "I don't know the man!" he swore solemnly. Just then a rooster crowed.

Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the infant and his mother, flee into Egypt, and don't stir thence till I order you, for Herod will endeavour to have the child destroy'd. Joseph therefore arose,

Don't think that I am come to abolish the law or the prophets: I am not come to abolish, but to complete them.

but I say unto you, don't return evil for evil; on the contrary, if any one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other likewise.

don't imagine that I am come to bring peace upon the earth: I came not to bring peace, but war.

and his sisters, don't they live just by us? how came he then by all this?

but Jesus immediately call'd to them, take courage, said he, it is I, don't be afraid.

but Jesus said, let the children alone, and don't hinder them from coming to me: for of such does the gospel-kingdom consist.

But don't you assume that title, for you have but one doctor, who is the Christ; as for you, you are all brethren alike.

but the angel spoke to the woman, and said, don't be frighted, I know you are seeking Jesus, who was crucified.

But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

so that you don’t show your fasting to people but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker is worthy of his food.

“Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’