"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven,' or "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

He went on to say to them, "Pay attention to what you're hearing! You will be evaluated by the same standard with which you do your evaluating, and still more will be given to you,

But you say, "If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)

Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

They answered him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets."

Then he began to ask them, "But who do you say I am?"

So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Then Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

But if we say, "From humans'"?" They were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one deceives you.

Many will come in my name and say, "I AM,' and they will deceive many people.

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

When he goes into a house, say to its owner that the Teacher asks, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

Again he denied it. After a little while, the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, "Obviously you're one of them, because you are a Galilean!"

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You say so."

So they left the tomb and ran away, overwhelmed by shock and astonishment. They didn't say a thing to anyone, because they were afraid.