They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you,' and, "With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

He told Jesus, "I will give you all these things if you will bow down and worship me!"

Then Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! Because it is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"

"You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You are not to commit murder,' and, "Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.'

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

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."

Jesus told him, "I will come and heal him."

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, "I tell all of you with certainty, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!

"Go," Jesus told the centurion, "and it will be done for you, just as you have believed." And his servant was healed that very hour.

Just then, a scribe came up and told him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Then some of the scribes told themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"

But so you will know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" he told the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.

When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly told them, "See to it that nobody knows about this."

Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.

When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out and it became normal, as healthy as his other hand.

He knew what they were thinking and told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

Someone told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."

He asked the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

"He told them, "An enemy did this!' "The servants asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull them out?'

He told them another parable: "The kingdom from heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

"Do you understand all these things?" They told him, "Yes."

Then he told them, "That is why every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom from heaven is like the master of a household who brings both new and old things out of his treasure chest."

But Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home." He did not perform many miracles there because of their unbelief.

told his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and that's why these miracles are being done by him."

When John's disciples came, they carried off the body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

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."

"Have courage!" Jesus immediately told them. "It's me. Stop being afraid!"

Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."

Jesus told them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has.

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.

Then Peter told Jesus, "Lord, it's good that we're here! If you want, I'll set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

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.

While they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.

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 told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

Then his master sent for him and told him, "You evil servant! I canceled that entire debt for you because you begged me.

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the renewed creation, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, governing the twelve tribes of Israel.

He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.'

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

"But he told one of them, "Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you?

When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

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."

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

They told him, "Lord, we want to be able to see!"

told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

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."

Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, "I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."

"Then he told his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

"The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."'?

Then Jesus told the crowds and his disciples,

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."

Remember, I've told you this beforehand.

"But the foolish ones told the wise, "Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out!'

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me this very night, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't!"

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, before a rooster crows this very night, you will deny me three times."

Peter told him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!" And all the disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?