A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"

"What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

No one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods unless first of all he binds the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

But they were overawed and said to each other, "Whatever can he be, when the very wind and sea obey him?"

"if I can touch even his clothes," she said to herself, "I will recover."

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

His disciples replied, "Where can one get loaves to satisfy them in a desert spot like this?"

He began to see and said, "I can make out people, for I see them as large as trees, moving."

"it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us."

Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes."

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

They were more astounded than ever; they said to themselves, "Then who ever can be saved?"

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

They said to him, "We can." Jesus said, "You shall drink the cup I have to drink and undergo the baptism I have to undergo;

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me.