Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"

Mary asked the angel, "How can this happen, since I have not had relations with a man?"

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

One day, while Jesus was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But Jesus told them, "You can't force the wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them, can you?

He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?

How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you don't see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you'll see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

When the Lord saw her, he felt compassion for her. He told her, "You can stop crying."

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

So if you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

"Sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don't wear out a dependable treasure in heaven, where no thief can get close and no moth can destroy anything.

So Jesus went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?

Again he said, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."

Still another said, "I recently got married, so I can't come.'

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

"Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored?

"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

So he called for him and asked him, "What's this I hear about you? You can't be my manager any longer. Now give me a report about your management!'

"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"

Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, "Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.'

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

Nor can they die anymore, because they are like the angels and, since they share in the resurrection, are God's children.

Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

So David calls him "Lord.' Then how can he be his son?"

As soon as they produce leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near.

and say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks you, "Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?"'