"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

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

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won't he clothe you even more, you people of little faith?

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?

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

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

It is enough for the disciple to 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 defame the members of his household!

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

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

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

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

and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me."

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

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

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

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned 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 would have none of it!

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

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

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

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

He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five -- and two fish."

He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven."

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve."

"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Seven."

He answered them, "You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me."

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

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

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

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

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

Now 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, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

If David himself calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

So Pilate asked him again, "Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!"

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

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

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here."

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

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

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled!

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

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the 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 chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

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

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

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

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

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

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

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

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

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "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 his mother's womb and be born a second time, can he?"

Nicodemus replied, "How can these things be?"

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you -- a Jew -- ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?

But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?"

and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

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

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

So they asked him, "How then were you made to see?"

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see."

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.