And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods.

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

If then, not even the least thing, ye can do, why, concerning the rest, are ye anxious?

And you--do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.

sell your possessions and give alms. lay up for yourselves a stock not subject to decay, a treasure in the heavens that will never fail, where no thief can approach, nor moth can spoil.

And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.

Fire, came I to cast upon the earth, - and what can I wish, if, already, it hath been, kindled?

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

why can't you judge what is proper to be done in your own affairs.

I say unto you, You can by no means come out thence, till you have even paid the last mite.

And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

Again He said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. I say unto you, that you can see me no more, until it shall come to pass that you may say, Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."

Still another said, "I recently got married, so I can't come.'

and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.

Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

So likewise, none of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can be my disciple.

Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its strength, how can that strength be restored?

"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'

The man who can be trusted in a very small matter can be trusted in a large one, and the man who cannot be trusted in a very small matter cannot be trusted in a large one.

if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?

if you have imbezel'd what another gave you in trust, how can he give you an estate in perpetuity?

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.

And he shouted out, 'Forefather Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus [to me], so he can dip the tip of his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it, because I am in agony in these flames.'

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'?

Now [when he] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with {things that can be observed},

Truly I say unto you, whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?

So David calls Him Lord, then how can He be his Son?"

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.

In the same way also, when you see these things happening [i.e., the above mentioned "signs"], you can know that the kingdom of God [i.e., either its heavenly phase or the destruction of Jerusalem] is near.

But heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word can not pass away.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

so you can eat and drink at my table in my [coming] kingdom. [Also] you will sit on [twelve] thrones [See Matt. 19:28], judging the twelve tribes of Israel [i.e., judging God's people through their writings].

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

and though no one hath ever seen God, or can see Him: yet the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath made Him known.

Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah]; but I came baptizing in water so that He would be [publicly] revealed to Israel.”

but Nathanael said to him, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? come and see, said Philip.

And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

Three days after, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee; where the mother of Jesus was present.

And Jesus saith unto her - What part can I take with thee, O woman? Not yet, hath come, mine hour.

thus was the first miracle of Jesus wrought at Cana in Galilee, by which he displayed his power; and his disciples believed on him.

whereupon the Jews said, what miracle can you show to justify your behaviour?

who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Nicodemus replied, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter into his mother, and be born a second time?

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it came, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.

Nicodemus answered, how can that be?

Jesus answered him, "You're the teacher of Israel, and you can't understand this?

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

but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.

you yourselves can bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but was only sent before him:

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How can you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

sir, said the woman, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then can you get that living water?

miles away from Cana].

Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

And after two days he departed thence, and went into Cana of Galilee.

Jesus went therefore a second time to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. now a certain nobleman was there, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

Then Jesus said to him, Unless you may see signs and wonders, you can not believe.

Jesus said to him, "You can go home. Your son is going to live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and went home.

upon which Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, the son can do nothing of himself, except he sees the father do it: for whatever he doth, that the son does likewise.

Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.

how can you believe, who are catching at honour one from another, regardless of that glory that comes from God only?

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great company coming to him, said to Philip, where can we buy bread to feed this people?

"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?

Then Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one coming unto me can never hunger, and the one believing on me shall never thirst.

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

I am the living bread who came down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. Yes, and the bread that I will give [him] is my physical body, [so] that the world can have [never ending] life."

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard this , said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

It is the Holy Spirit who [Note: The Greek word here is "that" instead of "who"] gives life [i.e., understanding the spiritual nature of Jesus' teaching can produce spiritual life]; the flesh is of no value [i.e., understanding Jesus' teaching only in a physical sense makes it worthless]. The words I have spoken to you are [from the] Holy Spirit and [they give] life.

And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.