"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'

Just then a man came up to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good deed should I do to have eternal life?"

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.'

Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

So they went and preached that people should repent.

So she went out and asked her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother replied, "The head of John the Baptist."

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Should we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where it should not be (let the reader take note), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

So Pilate asked them again, "Then what should I do with the man you call "the King of the Jews'?"

Why should this happen to me, to have the mother of my Lord visit me?

Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.

The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"

Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!

So he began to think to himself, "What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

"Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored?

"Then the servant manager told himself, "What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to beg.

"Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!'

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.

When those who were around Jesus saw what was about to take place, they asked, "Lord, should we attack with our swords?"

Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem."

And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

So his brothers told him, "You should leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples can see the actions that you're doing,

since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"

Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

I'm giving you a new commandment"to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?"

When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

They said, "What should we do with these men? For it's obvious to everybody living in Jerusalem that an unmistakable sign has been done by them, and we cannot deny it.

Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?

The next day, he presented himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them. He said, "Men, you are brothers. Why should you be hurting another?'

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

"Therefore, I have decided that we should not trouble these gentiles who are turning to God.

Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

As for the gentiles who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our decision that they should keep away from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality."

But some Jews from Asia were there, and they should be here before you to accuse me if they have anything against me.

Otherwise, these men themselves should tell what wrong they found when I stood before the Council

I was puzzled how I should investigate such matters, so I asked if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried there for these things.

Why is it thought incredible by all of you that God should raise the dead?

When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were transferred to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor's division.

After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among his shipmates and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.

Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.

What should we say, then? Should we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

What, then, does this mean? Should we go on sinning because we are not under Law but under grace? Of course not!

What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."

In the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, since we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words,

For by the grace given to me I ask every one of you not to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you.

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.

It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even evaluate myself.

Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!

Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Nevertheless, everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him and to which God called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

Was anyone circumcised when he was called? He should not try to change that. Was anyone uncircumcised when he was called? He should not get circumcised.

Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

Brothers, everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called by God.

This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the gospel should make their living from the gospel.

Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall.

No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.

I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience?

If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?

So if a woman does not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. If it is a disgrace for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her own head.

A man should not cover his head, because he exists as God's image and glory. But the woman is man's glory.

This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!