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!

"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!

But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother "Raka!' will be subject to the Council. And whoever says, "You fool!' will be subject to hell fire.

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

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

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?

Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'

The centurion replied, "Sir, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed,

because I, too, am a man under authority and I have soldiers under me. I say to one of them "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

Which is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up and walk'?

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.

Because John didn't come eating or drinking, yet people say, "He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Absolved from every act of sin, is wisdom by her kith and kin."

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

Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

But you say, "Whoever tells his father or his mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me has been given to God,"

He replied to them, "You say, "Red sky at night, what a delight!

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

He asked them, "But who do you say I am?"

So the disciples asked him, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

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.

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, "The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

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

so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

Again you say, "Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.'

Then you say, "If we had been living in the days of our ancestors, we would have had no part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

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

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,

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Then he will say to them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you didn't do it for one of the least important of these, you didn't do it for me.'

He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

They said, "Say that Jesus' disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.