For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

And if I send them home hungry they will give out on the way, for some of them come from a distance."

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teachings in this unfaithful and sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes back in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."

And he said to them, "I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the reign of God come in its might."

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."

When they were getting near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead,

And those in front and those behind shouted, "God bless him! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

But the tenants said to one another, 'This is his heir! Come on, let us kill him, and the property will belong to us!'

What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and put the tenants to death and give the vineyard to others.

Many will come under my name and say 'I am he,' and many will be misled by them.

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

Pray that it may not be winter when it comes,

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming??n the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning??36 for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

When he came back for the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough of this! The time has come. See! the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Get up, let us be going. Look, here comes my betrayer!"

And Jesus spoke and said to them, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber?

Come down from the cross and save yourself!"

Let this Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see it and believe!" And the men who were crucified with him abused him.

One man ran off and soaked a sponge in common wine, and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah does come to take him down!"

who used to accompany him and wait on him when he was in Galilee??esides many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

Who am I, To have the mother of my Lord come to me?

When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!"

He said to them, "How did you come to look for me? Did you not know that I must be at my Father's house?"

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One!"

And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

And they signaled to their comrades in the other boat to come and help them. And they came, and they filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!"

But other days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, in those days they will fast."

And he came down with them and took his stand on a level place with a great throng of his disciples, and a large number of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like.

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, to ask him to come and save his slave's life.

That is why I did not think I was fit to come to you. But simply say the word, and have my servant cured.

For I am myself under the orders of others, and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

and he called two of them to him, and sent them to the Master to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

And the men went to him and said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?' "

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor kept secret that shall not be known and come to light.

And a man named Jairus came up??e was leader of the synagogue??nd he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

and some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

They answered, "John the Baptist, though others say Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has come back to life."

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teaching the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes with all the glory of his Father and of the holy angels.

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, it happened that a great crowd met him.

When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Master, will you have us order fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

If there is anyone there who loves peace, your blessing will rest upon him, but if there is not, it will come back to you.

Whenever you come to a town and they welcome you, eat what is offered you,

But whenever you come to a town and they do not welcome you, go out into the open streets and say,

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father, your name be revered! Your kingdom come!

for a friend of mine has just come to my house after a journey, and I have nothing for him to eat,'

No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them.

Whether he comes late at night or early in the morning and finds them on the watch, they are blessed.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

I have come to bring fire down to the earth, and how I wish it were kindled already!

Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? Not peace, I tell you, but discord!

And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?'

But the leader of the synagogue, in his vexation because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, spoke out and said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is right to work. Come on them and be cured, but not on the Sabbath day."

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

People will come from the east and west and the north and south, and take their places in the Kingdom of God.

Now I leave you to yourselves. And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!' "

and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.

"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can 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 celebrate.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf he has been fattening, because he has gotten him back alive and well.'

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because your brother was dead, and has come to life, and was lost and is found!' "

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

He was once asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, and he answered, "The Kingdom of God is not coming visibly,

And he said to his disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not be able to do so.

I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

But Jesus called them up to him and said, "Let the children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."

Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for he too is a descendant of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

Tell me, did John's baptism come from heaven or from men?"

He will come and put those tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this they said, "Heaven forbid!"

And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.

But when you hear of wars and outbreaks, do not be alarmed. These have to come first, but the end does not follow immediately."

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried off as prisoners among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the heathen, until the time of the heathen comes.