John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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!

he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."

Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets."

Which is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up and walk'?

But so you'll know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"." he told the paralyzed man, "I say to you: Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, "The old wine is good enough!'"

"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

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."

But the person who hears what I say but doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive."

That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed,

because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

One day, while Jesus was praying privately and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" "God's Messiah," Peter replied.

Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home."

"Whatever house you go into, first say, "May there be peace in this house.'

But whenever you go into a town and people don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

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

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

Then one of the experts in the Law told him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."

They watched him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.

When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

because at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you are to say."

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

When you see a south wind blowing, you say, "It's going to be hot,' and so it is.

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

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 say, "We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

Look! Your house is left vacant to you. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Then the host who invited both of you would come to you and say, "Give this person your place.' In disgrace, you would have to take the place of least honor.

and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!'

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!'

I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

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.'

That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"

People will say to you, "Look! There he is!' or "Look! Here he is!' But don't go and chase after him.

Then the Lord added, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

If anyone asks you why you are untying it, say this: "The Lord needs it.'"

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

But if we say, "From humans,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

so they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you're right in what you say and teach, and that you don't favor any individual, but teach the way of God truthfully.

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

Because David himself in the book of Psalms says, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

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

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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?"'

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

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

Then people will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!', and to the hills, "Cover us up!'