Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!"

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

He said to them, "Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the 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 age to come.

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

"But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

But he said, 'No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'"

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches."

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

But he replied, "They don't need to go. You give them something to eat."

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."

So he said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"

When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

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

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid."

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him."

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

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.

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

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