When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

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

The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

But he replied, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise."

But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do."

Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say."

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.'

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

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

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

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today."

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once."

Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

He said to them, "But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler's bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled."

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

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

Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must all be born from above.'

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

He must become more important while I become less important."

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

So then they said to him, "What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?"

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

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

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

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

But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

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

The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!'

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.'

But we must run aground on some island."

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.