Any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and burned.

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

If the house deserves it, the peace you wish it will come over it, but if it does not deserve it, your blessing will come back upon yourselves.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"

When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.

does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

He answered, "Elijah does come and is to reform everything,

When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"

And if he happens to find it, I tell you he rejoices more over it than he does over the ninety-nine that did not stray.

Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.'

You say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the offering that is on it, it is binding.'

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know

And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"

"Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat; or if he does, the patch tears away, the new from the old, and makes the hole worse than ever.

And no one pours new wine into old wine-skins; or if he does, the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins too. New wine has to be put into fresh skins."

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him up and said to him, "Master, does it make no difference to you that we are sinking?"

When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were astonished when they heard him, and said, "Where did he get all this? How does he come to have such wisdom? How are such marvelous things done through him?

since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean.

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?

I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."

And he taught them, and said, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a robbers' cave."

Jesus said to them, "Does not this show that you are wrong, and do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

One man ran off and soaked a sponge in common wine, and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah does come to take him down!"

He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.

He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one.

And nobody puts new wine into old wine-skins, or if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and run out, and the skins will be spoiled.

But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."

For I am myself under the orders of others, and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he does not go with us."

Jesus said to him, "What does the Law say? How does it read?"

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters.

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished.

But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.

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

perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "

But the Master answered, "You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water him?

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it?

I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

"Show me a denarius. Whose head and title does it bear?" They said, "The emperor's."

But when you hear of wars and outbreaks, do not be alarmed. These have to come first, but the end does not follow immediately."

and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?"

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if a man does not owe his birth to water and spirit, he cannot get into the Kingdom of God.

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.

Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true.

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

But Jesus, knowing that his disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Does this stagger you?

It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.

What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me and you will not find me, and you will not be able to go where I shall be'?"

The attendants answered, "No man ever talked as he does!"

"Does our Law condemn the accused without first hearing what he has to say, and finding out what he has done?"

Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.

You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."

So they said to him, "Then how does it happen that you can see?"

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

"I tell you, any man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place, is a thief and robber.

A hired man who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, will leave the sheep and run away, and the wolf will carry them off and scatter the flock.

For he is only a hired man, and does not care about the sheep.

If I am not doing the things my Father does, do not believe me.

It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you.

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to him, "Master, how does it happen that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?"

No one who does not love me will observe my teaching, and yet the teaching you are listening to is not mine but is that of him who has sent me.

Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.

Anyone who does not remain united to me is thrown away like a branch and withers up, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and burn them.

I do not call you slaves any longer, for a slave does not know what his master is doing, but now I call you friends, for I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean when he tells us, 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

So they kept saying "What does he mean by 'In a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."

Jesus said to him, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you? You must follow me."

So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"

But the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right.

Take care, therefore, that what is said in the prophets does not prove true of you:

God who created the world and all that is in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built by human hands,

At last the recorder quieted the mob and said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell down from the sky?

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

crushing distress and anguish, every human soul of them that actually does what is wrong??he Jew first, and the Greek also;

but there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does right, the Jew first, and the Greek also,

For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.