"And it was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

From that time [on] Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many [things] from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

And behold, someone came up to him [and] said, "Teacher, what good [thing] must I do so that I will have eternal life?"

It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be your slave--

And you are going to hear about wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

"then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

The one who is on his housetop must not come down to take things out of his house,

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].

Again for the second time he went away [and] prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will must be done."

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

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And he answered them [and] said, "O unbelieving generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

And when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must happen, but the end [is] not yet.

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

For this reason neither did I consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word and my slave must be healed.

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."

And they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.'

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

On that day, whoever is on the housetop and his goods [are] in the house must not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who [is] in the field must not turn back

And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,

And when you hear about wars and insurrections, do not be terrified, for these [things] must happen first, but the end [will] not [be] at once."

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those {inside it} must depart, and those in the fields must not enter into it,

But you [are] not [to be] like this! But the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].

For I tell you that this that is written must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was counted with the criminals.' For indeed, [what is written] about me {is being fulfilled}."

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men [who are] sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise?"

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

beginning from the baptism of John until the day [on] which he was taken up from us--one of these [men] must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all [things], about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved."

But get up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you {what you must do}."

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

And the voice [came] again to him for the second time: "[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!"

But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, '[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!'

And he brought them outside [and] said, "Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?"

And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil [of] a ruler of your people.'"

And the next night the Lord stood by him [and] said, "Have courage, for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole population of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting [that] he must not live any longer.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

The one who eats must not despise the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, because God has accepted him.

One person prefers [one] day over [another] day, and another person regards every day [alike]. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].

The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from [her] husband.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

Now to the rest I say--not the Lord--if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

Was anyone called [after] being circumcised? He must not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? He must not become circumcised.

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox [while it] is threshing." It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?

Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.

Therefore the one who speaks in a tongue must pray that he may interpret.

{Therefore what should you do}, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All [things] must be [done] for edification.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, [it must be] on one occasion two or at most three, and {one after the other}, and one must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.

And if [something] is revealed to another who is seated, the first must be silent.

the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.

All your [actions] must be done in love.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the [things] through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.

We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good [things] with the one who teaches.

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),

Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,

A woman must learn in quietness with all submission.

Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

But [he] must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.

Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

and these also must be tested first; then let them serve [if they] are above reproach.

The wives likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all [things].