"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

The centurion replied, "Sir, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed,

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?

But so you will know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" he told the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that region.

But the Pharisees kept saying, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven."

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!

"A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

But I tell you, something greater than the Temple is here!

But he asked them, "Is there a man among you who, if he had one sheep and it fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and pull it out?

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."

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

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

Whoever 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 one to come."

But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah,

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.

He answered them, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom from heaven, but it hasn't been given to them,

because to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him.

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

I tell all of you with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown."

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"

But Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home." He did not perform many miracles there because of their unbelief.

But when Herod's birthday celebration was held, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests. She pleased Herod

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

But when he noticed the strong wind, he was frightened. As he began to sink, he shouted, "Lord, save me!"

But he answered them, "Why do you also disregard the commandment of God because of your tradition?

But you say, "Whoever tells his father or his mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me has been given to God,"

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn't make a person unclean."

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

But he replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."

She said, "Yes, Lord. But even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' tables."

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

He asked them, "But who do you say I am?"

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,

But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."

When they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus all by himself.

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, yet people did not recognize him and treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting."

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!

But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that "every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

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

"When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well.

"These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!'

"But he told one of them, "Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you?

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

Then they will hand him over to unbelievers to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.