I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

Then you must practice dealing with others as you would like for them to deal with you, for this is the summing up of the law and the prophets.

Nobody sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat, for such a patch would tear away from the coat, and the hole would be bigger than ever.

"A curse on you, Chorazin! A curse on you, Bethsaida! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven? No, you belong to the regions of the dead! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today.

If you only knew what that saying means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him as follows: "Teacher, we would like to see a spectacular sign given by you."

For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

And those who were hired first, when they came, supposed that they would receive more, but they too received twenty cents each.

For John came to you walking in the way of uprightness, and yet you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, even though you saw that, would not change your minds afterward and believe him.

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been sharers with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

The Son of Man is going away as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born!"

And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

they gave Him some wine mixed with gall, but when He tasted it, He would not drink it.

and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.