and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

But I say to you, do not take oaths at all -- not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

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

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?

"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.

On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'

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

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."

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

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,'

When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

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

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you."

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery."

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."

Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven or from people?" They discussed this among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.'

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him.

So then, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe him.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

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

They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.'