Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws.

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: 'Think carefully about what you are doing.

But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'"

Then I asked one nearby, "What are these, sir?" The angelic messenger who replied to me said, "I will show you what these are."

So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, "What are these?" He replied, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

I asked, "What are these going to do?" He answered, "These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah's enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people."

He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.

Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?"

He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" So I responded, "No, sir."

"What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of 'Grace! Grace!' because of this."

Next I asked the messenger, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?"

Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?"

He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" And I said, "No, sir."

Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."

After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving."

I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."

Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, "What are these, sir?"

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!"

Then someone will ask him, 'What are these wounds on your chest?' and he will answer, 'Some that I received in the house of my friends.'

What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:

You also say, 'How tiresome it is.' You turn up your nose at it," says the Lord who rules over all, "and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?" asks the Lord.

He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: "I called my Son out of Egypt."

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they?

But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

So then, don't worry saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: "He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases."

And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

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.

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Jesus answered them, "Go tell John what you hear and see:

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry --

If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet:

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

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

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."

Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

The young man said to him, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?"

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself'?"

Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered them, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David."

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"