Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it."

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

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

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn't he?"

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart."

He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying,

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

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

For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.)

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does.

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?"

Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have."

The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

Others said, "This is the Christ!" But still others said, "No, for the Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

But Jesus shouted out, "The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.'

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.