I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit."

And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

saying to him, "See that you say nothing about this to anybody, but begone! show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification which Moses prescribed."

But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

"Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralytic he said,

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and when that day comes, they will fast.

How is it that he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the Presentation Loaves, which it is against the law for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions too?"

And he said to them, "Is it allowable to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them harm? To save life or kill?" But they made no answer.

And if Satan has rebelled against himself and become disunited, he cannot last but is coming to his end.

But no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property unless he first binds the strong man; after that he can plunder his house.

But whoever reviles the holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of an unending sin."

but when the sun came up, it was scorched, and withered up, because it had no root.

And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures,

but it takes no real root in them and they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes because of the message they give it up at once.

but the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich and passions for other things creep in and choke the message out and it yields nothing.

But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.

He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

And he would not permit it, but said to him, "Go home to your own people, and tell them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

and had had a great deal of treatment from various doctors and had spent all that she had and had not been benefited at all but had actually grown worse,

But he still looked around to see the person who had done it.

But Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid, just have faith."

He let no one go with him but Peter, James, and James's brother John.

And they laughed at him. But he drove them all out, and took the child's father and mother and the men who were with him and went into the room where the child was lying.

But others said he was Elijah, and still others that he was a prophet of the old prophetic kind.

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

Herodias felt bitterly toward him and wanted him killed. But she could not bring it about,

When she had left the room she said to her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" But she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

The king was exceedingly sorry, but on account of his oath and his guests he did not like to break his word to her,

But he answered, "Give them food yourselves." They said to him, "Can we go and buy forty dollars' worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

But he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." They looked, and told him. "Five, and two fish."

for they all saw him and were terrified. But he immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage, it is I. Do not be afraid."

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their minds were blinded.

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not observe the rules handed down by our ancestors, but eat food without purifying their hands?"

But he said to them, "It was about you hypocrites that Isaiah prophesied so finely, in the words, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me.

But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.'

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,

since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean.

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

But she answered, "True, sir! and still the dogs under the table eat what the children leave!"

And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to him, "You are the Christ."

But turning and seeing his disciples he reproved Peter, and said, "Get out of my sight, you Satan! for you do not side with God, but with men."

And suddenly, on looking around, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.

And they did not forget what he said, but discussed with one another what he meant by the rising from the dead.

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

"From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"

But Jesus grasped his hand and made him rise, and he stood up.

But they did not understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest.

"Whoever welcomes one child like this on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but him who has sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

But he answered, "What has Moses commanded you to do?"

But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you.

But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female.

and so they are no longer two but one.

And people brought children to him to have him touch them, but the disciples reproved them for it.

But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.

But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

But his face fell at Jesus' words, and he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."

but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution??nd in the coming age eternal life.

But many who are first now will be last then, and the last will be first."

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

but it is not to be so among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."

Many of the people rebuked him and told him to be still. But he cried out all the louder, "You son of David, take pity on me!"

But they answered them as Jesus had told them to do, and the men let them take it.

And he saw in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went up to it to see if he could find any figs on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

And he taught them, and said, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a robbers' cave."

I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it.

But the tenants said to one another, 'This is his heir! Come on, let us kill him, and the property will belong to us!'

And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.

And they came up and said to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth regardless of the consequences, for you are not guided by personal considerations, but teach the way of God with sincerity. Is it right to pay the poll tax to the emperor or not?

Should we pay it, or refuse to pay it?" But he saw through their pretense, and said to them, "Why do you put me to such a test? Bring me a denarius to look at."

"Master," they said, "Moses made us a law that if a man's brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

For when people rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not God of dead men but of living! You are entirely wrong."

The scribe said to him, "Really, Master, you have finely said that he stands alone, and there is none but he,

For they all gave of what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in everything she possessed??ll she had to live on."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

You will be hated by everyone, because you bear my name. But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of his own chosen people he has cut the days short.

But you must be on your guard; I have told you all about it beforehand.

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father.

But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that?

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do for them, but you will not always have me.

For the Son of Man is indeed to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born."

But after I am raised to life again I will go back to Galilee before you."

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all desert you, I will not!"