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"What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."

Verse ConceptsExorcismsGod, Unity OfNazarethNames And Titles For ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfDestruction Of Satan's WorksWhat Have We In Common?Said To Be The Christ

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Verse ConceptsGuestsMarriage, Customs ConcerningWeddingsChrist Not Always With PeopleWedding GuestsWho Will FastJesus As A Bridegroom

He answered them. "Have you never read what David did when he was needy and hungry, he and his men?

Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadReading The Scriptures

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversWatching To EntrapWatching ChristJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingShallownessFor The Sake Of ThingsPersecutionpressure

When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceRiches, Dangers OfTemptation, Sources OfUnfruitfulnessWorryChokingDeceiving OneselfEvil DesiresSatisfied With RichesWorry And StressNot WorryingWorryingAnxiety And Stressdistractionsworriespressure

"It is with the kingdom of God," he continued, "as if a man should have sown seed in the earth;

Verse ConceptsParables Of The KingdomPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seeds

The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InLack Of FaithDoubt RebukedNot Believing In JesusBeing Scared

and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice. "Jesus, son of God most high, what business have you with me? I adjure you by God, torment me not!"

Verse ConceptsExorcismsMillenniumTortureJesus Christ, Son Of GodAdjurationGod On HighIndividuals ShoutingWhat Have We In Common?God Troubling

"How many loaves have you?" he answered. "Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fishes."

Verse ConceptsFive ThingsTwo Animals

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

Verse ConceptsAblutionelders, as community leadersJews, TheCharacteristics Of PhariseesHow People EatThe Elderlypharisees

and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans.

Verse ConceptsMarketsBrassPurifying OneselfClean ObjectsHow People Eatmarketing

you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money which otherwise you would have received from me, is Korban' (that is, a thing devoted to God),

Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingDishonouring ParentsChildren, UngratefulMaking VowsNot Honouring ParentsOffering SacrificesBeing Devoted to GodSupporthelphelpingparenthood

Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."

Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

Verse ConceptsCompassionMercy, Of Jesus ChristNo Foodempathy

He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said.

Verse ConceptsSeven Things

Are your minds so slow to comprehend? You have eyes, do you not see? You have ears, do you not hear?

Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingUnhearing

"Elijah indeed has already come," he added, "and they have done to him whatever they pleased, even as it is written of him."

Verse ConceptsWho Is John The Baptist?Other Scriptures FulfilledThe Will Of Men

"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.

Verse ConceptsCripplesPunishment, By GodSelf DenialGehennaEntering LifeCausing Others To StumbleNot Maintaining LifeFire Of HellCutting Off Hands And FeetTwo Of Body PartsMissing The Markcutting

If your foot cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to enter into the life a cripple, than to have two feet and be cast into hell.

Verse ConceptsFeetLamenessGehennaInjury To FeetEntering LifeCausing Others To StumbleCare Of FeetTwo Of Body Parts

salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Verse ConceptsGoalsSaltPeace, In Christian LivingPersonal ContactTastelessnessSeek PeaceTastelessSournessChemicalsLosing FriendsGood Qualities

"Teacher," he answered, "I have observed all these from my youth."

Verse ConceptsBeing Devoted From YouthI Keep The Commandmentscommandments

Then Jesus looked round on his disciples and said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!"

Verse ConceptsEntering The KingdomChrist SeeingChrist Speaking To DisciplesDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be SavedKingdom Of Heaven

"But we," Peter began to say, "we have left our all and have followed you."

Verse ConceptsSurrenderingPeter, The DiscipleForsaking All OthersRenunciationSelf Denial

Hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began shouting and saying, "Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me!"

Verse ConceptsBeggarsChrist, The Seed OfCrying To JesusIndividuals ShoutingActivity BegunBe Merciful!pity

and many kept rebuking him and telling him to be quiet, but he only shouted much louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of DavidIndividuals ShoutingBe Merciful!

"Is it not written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers."

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodUnity, God's Goal OfPeople In CavesStatus Of The TempleThe Gospel To The Nationsthieves

"Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone;

Verse ConceptsArchitectureGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsRejection Of ChristChrist, Names ForCapstoneBuildersChrist The RockReading The ScripturesRejectionimportance

But in regard to the rising again of the dead, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Verse ConceptsBurning bushReading The ScripturesBook of the Law

"Admirably said, O Teacher," exclaimed the Scribe. "You have truthfully said that He is one,

Verse ConceptsNo Other Is GodGod Is One

and in his teaching he said: "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues,

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsRobesMarketplacesLong ThingsFine ClothesSpoken Greetingszealotsdoctrine

On this he called his disciples to him, and said: "I tell you solemnly that this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their offerings into the treasury;

Verse ConceptsOutdoingChrist With His Disciples

for they have all put in what they could spare out of their surplus, but she, out of her penury, has put in all that she possessed, her whole living."

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfSurplusBlessings Of The PoorGiving Money To The ChurchThe poorGiving

That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor."

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfWagesFrugalityGiving To The Poor

She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor among you, and can show them kindness whenever you wish, but me you will not always have.

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBeggarsLendingSuffering, HardshipChrist Not Always With PeopleDoing GoodNot For EverMan's Eternal AttributesThe poorHelping The PoorHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In Need

Meanwhile the high priests and all of the Sanhedrin were trying to get evidence against Jesus, so as to have him put to death, but they found none;

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAttempts To Kill ChristNot FindingThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then the high priest rose and stood forth among them. "Have you no answer to make?" he asked Jesus; "What is it that these testify against you?"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.

Verse ConceptsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasPeople Set Free By People