He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible."

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

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

He told them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

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."

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once.

Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

For many are called, but few are chosen."

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like 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!"

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.'

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.'

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

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

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

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

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

"But as for that day and hour no one knows it -- not even the angels in heaven -- except the Father alone.

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

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

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I do not know you!'

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it.

But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

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

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!"

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

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

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," -- he said to the paralytic --

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

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

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

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

But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times."

He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.