But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers. Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

So was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world."

Therefore as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

and will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."

And the king was sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he commanded it to be given to her;

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take courage! It is I; do not be afraid."

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.'

And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make here three tabernaclesone for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Rise. Don't be afraid."

Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment.

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,

and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed.

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?"

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Woe to the world because of temptations to sin! For temptations must come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes!

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

But if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that 'every matter may be established by the word of two or three witnesses.'

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

"Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

And as he was not able to pay, his master ordered that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

So the servant fell on his knees before him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.'

But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'

So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.'

But he refused, and went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'

So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death,

and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."

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

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers.'"

And seeing a fig tree by the road he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree withered.

And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will be done.

And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the 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 also will ask you one question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

"Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

[And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."]

But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

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

Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."

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

He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord', saying,

But they do all their works to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and the tassels of their garments long.

and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi.'

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master, and you are all brethren.

Nor are you to be called 'Teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.

He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'

And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.'

Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

And he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.