But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

You have heard how the men of old were told, 'Murder not: whoever murders must come up for sentence,

You have heard how it used to be said, Do not commit adultery.

Once again, you have heard how the men of old were told, 'You must not forswear yourself but discharge your vows to the Lord'.

Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

And why should you trouble over clothing? Look how the lilies of the field grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field which blooms to-day and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will not he much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Do not be troubled, then, and cry, 'What are we to eat?' or 'what are we to drink?' or 'how are we to be clothed?'

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take out the splinter from your eye,' when there lies the plank in your own eye?

You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly how to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?

He said to them, "Why are you afraid? How little you trust God!" Then he got up and checked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

how he went into the house of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat, but only the priests?

And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Thus it is right to do a kindness on the sabbath."

and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his realm stand?

Why, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first of all binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

So the servants of the owner went to him and said, 'Did you not sow good seed in your field, sir? How then does it contain weeds?'

Jesus at once stretched his hand out and caught him, saying, "How little you trust me! Why did you doubt?"

Do you not see how all that enters the mouth passes into the belly and is then thrown out into the drain,

Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven, and some little fish."

When Jesus noted this he said, "How little trust you have in me! Why all this talk, because you have brought no bread?

Do you not understand even yet? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

And the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?

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

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

When the disciples saw this they marvelled. "How did the fig tree wither up in an instant?" they said.

So he said to him, 'My man, how did you get in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speech less.

He said to them, "How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him Lord?

If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"

So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

he sleeps at night and rises by day, and the seed sprouts and shoots up ??he knows not how.

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish."

He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

He asked them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven."

Do you not remember how many baskets full of fragments you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand?" They said, "Twelve."

"And how many basketfuls of fragments did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand?" They said, "Seven."

He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

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

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have money to get into the Realm of God!"

The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

The passover and the festival of unleavened bread fell two days later; so the high priests and scribes were trying how to get hold of him by craft and have him put to death.

At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice;" and he burst into tears.

Zechariah said to the angel, "But how am I to be sure of this? I am an old man myself, and my wife is advanced in years."

"How can this be?" said Mary to the angel, "I have no husband."

How dare you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' and you never notice the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

So take care how you listen; for he who has, to him shall more be given, while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he thinks he has."

They got a report from those who had seen how the lunatic was cured,

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you and bear with you? Fetch your son here."

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"

and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul?

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

Look at the crows! they neither sow nor reap, no storehouse or granary have they, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

Look how the lilies neither spin nor weave; and yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his grandeur was never robed like one of them.

Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

He also told a parable to the guests, when he observed how they picked out the best places.

But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many hired men of my father have more than enough to eat, and here am I perishing of hunger!

So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?'

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.'

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son?

David then calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

The high priests and scribes were trying how to get him put to death (for they were afraid of the people),

who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them.

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf.

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

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

Nicodemus answered, "How can that be?"

If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?

How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"

They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

The Jews then wrangled with one another, saying, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"

placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"

So they asked him, "How were your eyes opened?"

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had regained his sight, and he told them, "He smeared some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I can see."

Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.

and asked them, "Is this your son, the son you declare was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"