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

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

Day after day I was with you in the Temple teaching, yet you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."

but his mother said, "Absolutely not! He must be named John."

He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

But Jesus answered him, "It is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

He said, "The Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he must be killed, but on the third day he will be raised."

Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How much longer must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."

"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.

But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it's not possible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.'

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

But first he must suffer a great deal and be rejected by those living today.

"The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get his belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back to what's left behind.

Then an official asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others." Those who heard him said, "That must never happen!"

When you hear of wars and revolutions, never be alarmed, because these sort of things must take place first, but the end won't come right away."

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it,

but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

Then he told them, "But now whoever has a wallet must take it along, and his traveling bag, too. And the one who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

Because I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: "He was counted among the criminals.' Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled."

"The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day.'"

"Who are you?" they asked him. "We must give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

Don't be astonished that I told you, "All of you must be born from above.'

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

He must become more important, but I must become less important."

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Then they asked him, "What must we do to perform God's works?"

I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.

I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

Then the crowd answered him, "We have learned from the Law that the Messiah remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Peter told him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me."

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you must also wash one another's feet.

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"

beginning when he was baptized by John until the day he was taken up from us. Therefore, someone like this must become a witness with us to his resurrection."

"Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand something, so pay close attention to my words. These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.

There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God,

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!

since I'm going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."

Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."

Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, "You must stop calling common what God has made clean!'

"Therefore, brothers, you must understand that through him the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."

he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

After these things had happened, Paul decided to go through Macedonia and Achaia and then to go on to Jerusalem. "After I have gone there," he told them, "I must also see Rome."

Since these things cannot be denied, you must be quiet and not do anything reckless.

But if you want anything else, it must be settled in the regular assembly,

Paul answered, "I didn't realize, brothers, that he is the high priest. After all, it is written, "You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

That night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage! For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, you must testify in Rome, too."

Now then, you and the Council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you on the pretext that you want to look into his case more carefully, but before he arrives we'll be ready to kill him."

and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor. Indeed, God has given to you the lives of everyone who is sailing with you.'

When the people who lived there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they told one another, "This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but Justice won't let him live."

You must understand that this message about God's salvation has been sent to the gentiles, and they will listen."

In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.

I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."

Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,

For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet," and every other commandment are summed up in this statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.

Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.

Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up.

Therefore, as it is written, "The person who boasts must boast in the Lord."

As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

But now I am writing to you to stop associating with any so-called brother if he is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You must even stop eating with someone like that.

To married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.

But if she does leave him, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. Likewise, a husband must not abandon his wife.

I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not abandon her.

And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not abandon him.

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he?

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup,

In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for building up the church.

What, then, does this mean, brothers? When you gather, everyone has a psalm, teaching, revelation, foreign language, or interpretation. Everything must be done for upbuilding.

If anyone speaks in a foreign language, only two or three at the most should do so, one at a time, and somebody must interpret.

As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also says.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

But everything must be done in a proper and orderly way.

For he must rule until God puts all the Messiah's enemies under his feet.

For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.

For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of the Messiah, so that each of us may receive what he deserves for what he has done in his body, whether good or worthless.