This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes insipid, what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be thrown outside and trodden by the feet of men.

nor by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King;

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet.

When Jesus heard it he withdrew by boat to a desert place in private; but the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves."

"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they take their food."

And large crowds came to him bringing the lame, and the blind, the dumb, the maimed, and many others; they laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

If your hand or your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off and throw it away; better be maimed or crippled and get into Life, than keep both feet or hands and be thrown into the everlasting fire.

Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-vat inside it, and built a watchtower: then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.'

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me,

Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink?

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;