But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

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

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

[But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.”

But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures.”

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.

But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.

But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

They went away and reported it to the others, but they did not believe them either.

He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.

But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute.

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

But his mother answered and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.”

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;

But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.

and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it,

but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day’s journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

John answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done,

But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

But passing through their midst, He went His way.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

And He ordered him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.”

And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”