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. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

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 it bears fruit after this, fine; but if not, 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."

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.

Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after 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 therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.

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

So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’

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.

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

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.

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

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.'

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

Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

David calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah 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.”

No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].

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.”

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

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

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

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

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Then the Jews retorted, “What sign (attesting miracle) can You show us as [proof of] your authority for doing these things?”

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

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 and said unto him, How can these things be?

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

If I told you earthly things [that is, things that happen right here on earth] and you do not believe, how will you believe and trust Me if I tell you heavenly things?

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.

She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do 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.

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, 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.

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

{Then Jesus, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?"

"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, “What sign (attesting miracle) will You do that we may see it and believe You? What [supernatural] work will You do [as proof]?

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.

They kept saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now [have the arrogance to] say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at 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 among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an 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, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.