Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!"

because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

because to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him.

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet when he said, "I will open my mouth to speak in parables. I will declare what has been hidden since the creation of the world."

Just as weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at end of the age.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness

and they will throw them into a blazing furnace. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

and will throw them into a blazing furnace. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.

I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven."

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

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

He answered them, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

"I tell all of you with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything!'

Then his fellow servant fell down and began begging him, "Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts."

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

"Look!" Peter replied. "We have left everything and followed you. So what will we get?"

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the renewed creation, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, governing the twelve tribes of Israel.

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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

He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

Then they will hand him over to unbelievers to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, "The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

Jesus answered them, "I, too, will ask you one question. If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

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

Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one."

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."

Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.'

Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"

They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."

That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.

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

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married her?"

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when this happens you make him twice as fit for hell as you are.

"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.'

"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.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I tell all of you with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today."

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

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."

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people,

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.

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

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

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

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

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,

because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.