Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, "I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

"Then he told his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

He asked him, "Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.

because many are invited, but few are chosen."

because in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.

They tie up burdens that are heavy and unbearable and lay them on people's shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to remove them.

"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

Again you say, "Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.'

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

You'll hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you aren't alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet,

But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

If those days hadn't been limited, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be limited.

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father,

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

But the wise ones took flasks of oil with their lamps.

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

"But the foolish ones told the wise, "Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out!'

"But the wise ones replied, "No! There will never be enough for us and for you. You'd better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'

"But he replied, "I tell all of you with certainty, I don't know you!'

But the one who received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and buried his master's money.

because to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he'll have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

But they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

But when the disciples saw this, they became irritated and said, "Why this waste?

But knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

You'll always have the destitute with you, but you'll not always have me.

But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't!"

Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!"

But he denied it in front of them all. "I don't know what you're talking about!" he exclaimed.

But they replied, "What do we care? Attend to that yourself." Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

He asked, "What has he done wrong?" But they kept shouting louder and louder, "Let him be crucified!"

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

Then he released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.

they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

"He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

But the others kept saying, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come and save him."

but Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained there, sitting in front of the tomb.

So they quickly left the tomb, terrified but also ecstatic, and ran to tell Jesus' disciples.

I baptized you with water, but it is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

But Jesus rebuked him. "Be quiet," he ordered, "and come out of him!"

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" Then he told the paralyzed man,

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?"

Then he asked them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, to save a life or to destroy it?" But they remained silent.

But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin."

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up.

But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

so that "they may see clearly but not perceive, and they may hear clearly but not understand, otherwise they might turn around and be forgiven.'"

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

because whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

But when the grain is ripe, he immediately starts cutting with his sickle because the harvest time has come."

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

He had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.

But Jesus wouldn't let him. Instead, he told him, "Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you."

Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.

But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this.

But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.

But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.

They could wear sandals but not take along an extra shirt.

But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it

But when many people saw them leave and recognized them, they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Should we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

but when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and began to scream.

He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

But you say, "If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)

Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods."