But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

From then on Jesus began to point out to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

So the disciples questioned Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”