“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can 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 that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?

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

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

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

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

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

Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?

Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?

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

And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

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

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

He *said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?”

Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”

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

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.”

And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.”

“When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.”

And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”

And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”

Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”

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

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him.”

Those who had seen it reported to them how the man who was demon-possessed had been made well.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?”

If you then, being 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 Beelzebul.

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

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

You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying 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.’

And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

Then He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and how is He his son?”

The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.

He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.

They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to 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? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”

Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?”

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

Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

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

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”