What have I done to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

Then amazement came over them all; they talked it over among themselves, saying, "What does this mean? He orders the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

Then they made signals to their mates in the other boat to come and assist them. They came and filled both the boats, till they began to sink.

One day he was teaching, and near him sat Pharisees and doctors of the Law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judaea as well as from Jerusalem. Now the power of the Lord was present for the work of healing.

I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast at that time."

With them he came down the hill and stood on a level spot. There was a great company of his disciples with him, and a large multitude of people from all Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to get cured of their diseases.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

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

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!'

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

(For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

A man called Jairus came, who was a president of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus entreated him to come to his house,

When he reached the house he would not allow anyone to come in with him except Peter and James and John, and the child's father and mother.

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you.

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

for a friend of mine travelling has come to my house and I have nothing to set before him.'

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already!

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

'I tell you,' he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; begone everyone of you, you evildoers.'

Yes, and people will come from east and west and north and south to their places at the feast within the Realm of God.

At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'

Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house.

whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come;

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

To his disciples he said, "There will come days when you will long and long in vain to have even one day of the Son of man.

I tell you, he will quickly see justice done to his elect! And yet, when the Son of man does come, will he find faith on earth?"

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

who does not receive ever so much more in this present world, and in the world to come life eternal."

But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

did the baptism of John come from heaven or from men?"

He will come and kill these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." When they heard that, they said, "God forbid!"

He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' ??do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once."

Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

For it will come upon all dwellers on the face of all the earth.

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

And all the people used to come early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.

And he added, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come to reign."

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

"Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time has not come yet."

and when the manager of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn it knew), he called the bridegroom

he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

The wind blows where it wills; you can hear its sound, but you never know where it has come from or where it goes: it is the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

Jesus said to her, "Go and call your husband, then come back here."

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

"Come here, look at a man who has told me everything I ever did! Can he be the Christ?"

when he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, who was at the point of death.

The official said, "Come down, sir, before my boy is dead."

Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;

and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Whereupon Jesus perceived they meant to come and seize him to make a king of him; so he withdrew by himself to the hill again.

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,

Now the Jews murmured at him for saying, "I am the bread which has come down from heaven."

They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).

I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

that was why he said 'I tell you that no one is able to come to me unless he is allowed by the Father').

Jesus said to them, "My time has not come yet, but your time is always at hand;

No, we know where this man comes from; but when the Christ does come, no one will know where he comes from."

So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,

but I know Him, because I have come from Him and He sent me."

So they tried to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his time had not come yet.

Indeed many of the people believed in him, saying, "When the Christ does come, will he perform more Signs than this man?"

you will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come."

What does he mean by saying, 'You will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come'?"

Now on the last day, the great day, of the festival, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is athirst, let him come to me and drink;