In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

Now [when it] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, "The place is desolate and the hour {is late}. Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages [and] purchase food for themselves."

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"

But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this saying but [those] to whom it has been given.

So [when] the disciples heard [this], they were extremely amazed, saying, "Then who can be saved?"

And he said to them, "Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this [very] reason."

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong [man] [and] plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong [man], and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it?

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages [and] purchase something to eat for themselves."

And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.

For what can a person give in exchange for his life?

and his clothing became radiant--extremely white, like no cloth refiner on earth can {make so white}.

And he said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer."

Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

And they were very astounded, saying to one another, "And who can be saved?"

But [because he] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at [it]!"

And continuing, Jesus said [while] teaching in the temple [courts], "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

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

And on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go [and] prepare, so that you can eat the Passover?"

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.

And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

"And no one, [after] lighting a lamp, covers it with a jar or puts [it] under a bed, but puts [it] on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Now the day began to be far spent, and the twelve came up [and] said to him, "Send away the crowd so that they can go into the surrounding villages and farms to obtain lodging and find provisions, because we are here in a desolate place.

"No one [after] lighting a lamp puts [it] in a cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.

And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"

And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

Now [when he] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with {things that can be observed},

So those who heard [this] said, "And who can be saved?"

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!"

And on the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

This beginning of signs Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these [things] be?"

John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.

{Then Jesus, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?"

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Thus many of his disciples, [when they] heard [it], said, "This saying is hard! Who can understand it?"

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.

And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.

My Father, who has given [them] to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize [them] from the Father's hand.

He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him."

Jesus said to him, "Am I with you so long a time and you have not known me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'

Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me.

Then Pilate said to him, "So then you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this [reason] I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

Simon Peter and Thomas (who was called Didymus) and Nathanael from Cana in Galilee and the [sons] of Zebedee and two others of his disciples were together.

And all were amazed and greatly perplexed, saying {to one another}, "{What can this mean?}"

In his humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his {descendants}? For his life was taken away from the earth."

"Surely no one can withhold the water for these [people] to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did!"

And he brought them outside [and] said, "Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?"

Take these [men] [and] purify yourself along with them and {pay their expenses} so that they can shave [their] heads, and everyone will know that [the things] which they had been informed about you are nothing, but you yourself also agree with observing the law.

as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, [and] was traveling [there] to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished.

And provide mounts so that they can put Paul on them [and] bring [him] safely to Felix the governor."

You can ascertain that {it has not been more than} twelve days {since} I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Nor can they prove [the things] to you concerning which they are now accusing me.

If then I am doing wrong and have done anything deserving death, I am not trying to avoid dying. But if there is nothing [true] of [the things] which these [people] are accusing me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made [it] clear to them.

May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

And if I have [the gift of] prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that [I can] remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.

For we are not writing [anything] else to you except what you can read or also understand. But I hope that you will understand {completely},

For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees [in] me or hears anything from me,

But when I saw that they were not being straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of [them] all, "If you, [although you] are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

But now, [because you] have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

[it is] not from works, so that no one can boast.

so that [what] you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.

For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,

For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins,

and not in order that he can offer himself many times, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary {year by year} with blood not his own,

For they disciplined [us] for a few days according to what seemed [appropriate] to them, but he [does so] for our benefit, in order that [we] can have a share in his holiness.

For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,

So then, we can say with confidence, "The Lord [is] my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?"

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "This is what the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says:

And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.