"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, how shall it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is a plank in your own eye?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

how he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they might destroy him.

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?'

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"

And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?"

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord', saying,

If David then calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

You serpents! You brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?"

and said, "Sir, we remember how that deceiver said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how."

how he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?"

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things he was doing, came to him.

So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.

But he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish."

And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?"

And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

"And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of pieces did you take up?" And they said, "Seven."

Then he said to them, "Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

He answered him, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said, "From childhood.

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" And the common people heard him gladly.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many things they bring against you."

And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

And Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

how he entered the house of God, took and ate the consecrated bread, and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?"

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

Those who had seen it told them how he who had been demon-possessed was healed.

"Return to your home, and tell how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?"

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say;

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

"I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; but how is it you do not know how to interpret this present time?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall it be seasoned?

But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and here I perish with hunger!

So he called in each one of his master's debtors, and he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

And he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?"

And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, he said,

Therefore settle it in your minds not to meditate beforehand how you will answer;

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to kill him, for they feared the people.

So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and officers, how he might betray him to them.

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

He is not here, but is risen! Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee,

and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

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

Nicodemus said to him, "How can this be?"

If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

Then the woman of Samaria said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"