He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye?

A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

for she said to herself, “If I can just touch His robe, I’ll be made well!”

When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him.

How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”

“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

stated, “This man said, ‘I can demolish God’s sanctuary and rebuild it in three days.’”

Then a man with a serious skin disease came to Him and, on his knees, begged Him: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

So He summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”

Send them away, so they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”

What can a man give in exchange for his life?

“And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

Then Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

And He told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer [and fasting].”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.”

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

So Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

Now, Master,
You can dismiss Your slave in peace,
as You promised.

The Devil said to Him, “I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck in your brother’s eye.

He said to them, “Where is your faith?”

They were fearful and amazed, asking one another, “Who can this be? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey Him!”

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’

“And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

Again He said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?”

Then He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

David calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

“Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”

“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him.

“Come and see,” Philip answered.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and

Jesus performed this first sign in Cana of Galilee. He displayed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

“But how can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked Him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

“How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

How can you believe? While accepting glory from one another, you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God.

Therefore, when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward Him, He asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so these people can eat?”

“What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.

They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

At that, the Jews argued among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?”

He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

so His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.

Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities know He is the Messiah?

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

Who among you can convict Me of sin? If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me?

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.