So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

You covet things, but cannot acquire them, and so you quarrel and fight. You do not have them, because you do not ask for them.

You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.

So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will surely come and move your lampstand from its place -- if you do not repent.

So they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, to say to Him, "Teacher, we know that you are in the habit of telling the truth and of teaching the way of God in honesty, and you do not care what anyone says, for you are not partial.

So remember what you have received and heard, and continue to obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know the hour when I come upon you.

Jesus answered them, "I have already told you so, but you do not believe me. The works which I am doing on my Father's authority are my credentials,

So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

So you must keep alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming -- in the evening or at midnight or at daybreak or early in the morning --

He answered them, "I have already told you and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples, do you?"

For He who said, "You must not commit adultery," also said, "You must not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but you do commit murder, you are just the same a lawbreaker.

I do not write to you because you do not know it, but because you do know it.

For who makes you superior? And what do you have that you did not get from someone? But if you got it from someone, why do you boast as though you had not?

So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

you must not be boasting against the natural branches. And if you do, just consider, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

and you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the messenger whom He has sent.

You must continue to love Him, although you have never seen Him, but because you do believe in Him, although you do not now see Him, you must continue to rejoice with an unutterable and triumphant joy,

but still you do not believe in me, for you do not belong to my sheep.

As long as it was unsold, was it not yours, and when it was sold, was not the money at your disposal? How could you have the heart to do such a thing! You did not lie to men but to God!"

See to it that you do not refuse to listen to Him who is speaking to you. For if they did not escape, because they refused to listen to him who warned them here on earth, how much less can we, if we reject Him who is from heaven?

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"

Jesus said to them, "Does not this prove that you are wrong in your views, because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

But at that former time, as you did not know the true God, you were slaves to gods that do not really exist,

But I hold it against you that you do not love me as you did at first.

and screamed aloud, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, I beg you, do not torture me."

I most solemnly say to you, when you were young, you used to put on your own belt and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will put a belt on you and you will go where you do not please to go."

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

And so I did not deem myself worthy even to come to you. But simply speak the word, and let my servant-boy be cured.

And turning face to face with the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair.

If you do not believe the earthly things I tell you, how can you believe the heavenly things, if I tell you about them?

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Whoever is sprung from God listens to what God says. This is why you do not listen to me: you are not sprung from God."

Jesus answered him, "You do not now understand what I am doing, but by-and-by you will learn."

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

Unlike the one that I made with their forefathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide by their covenant with me, so I did not care for them,' says the Lord.

Because you say, 'I am rich, I have already become rich, I need nothing,' and you do not know that you are the very one that is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked;

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

For John came to you walking in the way of uprightness, and yet you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, even though you saw that, would not change your minds afterward and believe him.

Jesus said to them, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am drinking, or endure the baptism of agony that I am to endure?"

He said, "Yes, a curse on you experts in the law, too, because you load people down with loads too heavy to carry, and yet you do not touch the loads yourselves with one of your fingers!

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret day by day the look of earth and sky. Then how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present crisis?

For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.'

But I have told you that, although you have seen me, yet you do not believe in me.

Then they began to say to Him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

If anyone, whoever he may be, keeps on begging you, give to him; if anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn him away.

But if you do not forgive others, your heavenly Father will not forgive your shortcomings either.

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

"'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not beat your breasts.'

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong in your views, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God,

Then He said to them: "If you do not understand this story, how, indeed, can you understand any of my stories?

They are like little children sitting in the market-place and calling to their fellows in the game: "'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not mourn.'

and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know when God visited you."

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

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

But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

you do not take into account that it is for your own welfare that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should be destroyed."

For you do not have a sense of servitude to fill you with dread again, but the consciousness of adopted sons by which we cry, "Abba," that is, "Father."

although you do not have the slightest knowledge of tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? It is really nothing but a mist which appears for a little while and then disappears.

He said to them, "How is it that you do not understand?"

Keep looking, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will be.

But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

The man answered them, "Well, there is something strange about this! You do not know where He comes from! And yet He has made my eyes to see!

but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.