Then Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. May what you say take place with me." Then the angel left her.

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

But Jesus answered him, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone does man live.'"

But Jesus answered him, "The Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

for the Scripture says, 'He will give His angels directions about you, to protect you,'

So they all began to speak well of Him and to wonder at the gracious words that fell from His lips, and yet they continued to say, "Is He not Joseph's son?"

He added, "I solemnly say to you, no prophet is welcome in his native neighborhood.

Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

Which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and start walking'?

Then an overwhelming wonder seized them all and they began to give praise to God. They were filled with awe and continued to say, "We have seen unthinkable wonders today!"

No one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, 'The old is good enough.'"

But I say to you who listen now to me, practice loving your enemies, practice doing good to those who hate you,

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me get that tiny speck out of your eye,' when you cannot see the girder in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the girder out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to get out the tiny speck in your brother's eye.

Then Jesus started to go with them. But when He was not far from the house, the captain sent friends to say to Him, "My Lord, stop troubling yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

This is the man of whom the Scripture says: "'Attention! I send my messenger on before you. He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

"For John the Baptist came eating no bread and drinking no wine, and yet you say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking with others, and yet you say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, an intimate friend of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!'

Then Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," said he, "go on and say it."

The men at the table began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

Then He said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were frightened and astounded, and continued to say to one another, "Who can He be? For He gives orders even to the winds and the water, and they obey Him."

One day while He was praying in solitude, His disciples were nearby, and He asked them, "Who do people say that I am?"

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

So He said to them, "But who do you, yourselves, say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God!"

Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.

I solemnly say to you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God."

Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks."

Do not carry a purse, a bag, or shoes, and do not stop to say 'Good morning' to anybody on the road.

Whenever you go to a house for headquarters, first say, 'Peace to this household.'

to cure the sick there, and to say, 'The kingdom of God is close upon you.'

But if you go into any town and they do not welcome you, go out into the streets and say,

So He said to them, "Whenever you pray, say: 'Father, Your name be revered; Your kingdom come;

Then He said to them: "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

And if Satan is really disunited, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I am driving the demons out with Beelzebub's help.

"When the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search for rest, and since it finds none, it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left.'

Now as the crowds continued to throng upon Him, He began to say: "This is a wicked age. It is looking for a spectacular sign, but none will be given it but the sign of Jonah.

Meanwhile as the people had gathered in tens of thousands, so that they were trampling upon one another, He began to say, first of all, to His disciples: "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

for at that very moment the Holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say."

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

But if that slave says to himself, my Master is not coming back for a long time, and begins to beat the men and women slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And He said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, at once you say, 'It is going to rain,' and it does.

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It is going to be very hot,' and so it is.

So He went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what may I compare it?

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

But He will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

Now your house is abandoned to its fate! And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

Then He proceeded to say to the man who invited Him: "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop the social custom of inviting your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you in return and so you will be repaid.

And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to the invited guests, 'Come, for it is now ready.'

and say, 'This fellow started to erect a building but could not complete it!'

and when he reaches home he calls in his friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!'

And when she finds it, she calls in her friends and neighbors, and says, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin which I lost!'

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your opinion;

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'?

So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

And men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here He is!' Do not start in pursuit of Him,

And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'

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

But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but continued to beat his breast, and say, 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner!'

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

So He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the kingdom of God,

And when they all saw it, they began to grumble and say, "He has gone in to lodge with a notorious sinner!"

But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.'

He said to him, 'On the ground of what you say I will sentence you, you wicked slave! You knew that I was a stern man, that I picked up what I did not put down, and reaped what I did not sow.

and He said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

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

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked Him,

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

For David himself in the Book of Psalms says: 'The Lord has said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Then He continued to say to them, "One nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another.

"I solemnly say to you, this generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

and say to the owner of the house, 'Our Teacher says to you, "Where is the room in which I am to eat the Passover supper with my disciples?"'

And they continued to say many other abusive things to Him.

For a time is coming when people will say, 'Happy are the women who are childless, and the women who have never borne and nursed babies!'

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

and to say, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

Then he went on to say, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom!"

So He said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very day you will be in paradise with me."

On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,