You are the light of the world: a city that lies upon a mountain can not be hid:

For I say to you, That, unless your righteousness excel that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.

No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?

A good tree can not produce diseased fruit; nor can an unsound tree produce goodly fruit.

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.

Or, how can any one enter the house of the strong man and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

And in the morning, A storm to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to judge of the face of the sky; but you can not judge of the signs of the times.

and said: Verily I say to you, Unless you turn and become as little children, you can not enter the kingdom of heaven.

But he said to them: All can not accept this saying; only those to whom it is given.

When the disciples heard it, they were greatly amazed, and said: Who, then, can be saved?

Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?

Do you think that I can not now call upon my Father, and he would cause more than twelve legions of angels to stand by me?

He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.

And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.

And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand.

And if "Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he can not stand, but has an end.

No one can enter the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

yet, when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes larger than all garden-plants, and sends out great branches, so that the birds of the air can roost under its shadow.

There is nothing with out that, by entering into a man, can defile him. But those things which come out of the man, defile him.

And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?

She answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yd you can help me, for the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

And they were astonished beyond measure, and said among themselves: Who, then, can be saved?

For you have the poor with you always; and whenever you choose, you can do them good; but me you have not always.

Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, speaking in derision one to another, said: He saved others; himself he can not save.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that utters impious words? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

And he said to them: Can you make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

And he spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?

Or, how can you say to your brother: Brother, let me pull out the splinter that is in your eye, when you yourself see not the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite, first pull the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is already closed, and my children and myself are in bed; I can not rise and give you.

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.

"Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?

If, therefore, you can not do that which is the least, why are you anxious about the rest?

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

And he called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer act as steward.

No servant can serve two masters; for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You can not serve God and riches.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that they that would pass hence to you, can not; nor can they that would, pass thence to us.

And those who heard it said: Who, then, can be saved?

For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.

And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.

This beginning of signs Jesus made in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.

Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb the second time, and be born?

Jesus answered: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be?

John answered and said: A man can receive nothing unless it be given to him from heaven.

The woman said to him: Sir, you have ho vessel with which you can draw, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?

Then Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier, whose sou was sick in Capernaum.

Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?

no man can come to me, unless the Father, who sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard him, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

And he said: For this reason I said to you: No one can come to me unless it be given him from my Father.

The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

You will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you can not come.

What means this saying which he uttered, You will seek me, and will not find me; and, Where I am you can not come?

Then spoke Jesus to them again; I go away, and you will seek me, and in your sin you shall die; whither I go, you can not come.

Then said the Jews: Will he kill himself, because he says, Whither I go, you can not come?

Why do you not know what I say? Because you can not understand my words.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.

Then some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, for he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them?

Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was committed, (and the scripture can not be made void,)

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and, as I said to the Jews, whither I go, you can not come, so now I say to you.

Simon Peter said to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him: Whither I go, you can not follow me now; but you shall follow me hereafter.

Peter said to him: Lord, why can I not follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

Thomas said to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?

the Spirit of the truth, whom the world can not receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, because he dwells with you, and shall be in you.

Abide in me, and I will abide in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.

I have yet many things to say to you; but you can not bear them now.

There were together, Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathaniel of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this mean?

saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it.

For we can not but speak the things that we have seen and heard.

but if it is of God, you can not bring it to an end: and take heed, lest you be found fighting also against God.

He answered: How can I, unless some one instruct me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Can any one for bid the water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

As these things, then, can not be contradicted, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing rashly.

for you can understand that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

If, however, I be an offender, and have done any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die. But if the things of which these men accuse me are nothing, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: Unless these remain in the ship, you can not be saved.

It can not be. But let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written: That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

It can not be: for if so, how shall God judge the world?