For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.

He answered them and said, "O you unbelieving people, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

And he sat down and called the Twelve in, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

Everyone must be seasoned with fire.

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."

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,'

Therefore what God has joined together man must not try to separate."

As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

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

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be everybody's slave.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

And this is the second: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

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.

For before the end the good news must be preached to all the heathen.

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;

a man on the roof of his house must not go down or go into the house to get anything out of it,

and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

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

So when you see these things happening, you must know that he is just at the door.

You must look out and be on the alert, for you do not know when it will be time;

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming??n the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning??36 for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

for they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

and he said to them, "My heart is almost breaking. You must stay here and keep watch."

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial. One's spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him.