No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his span of life?

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is a plank in your own eye?

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

And Jesus said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as he is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

But he said to them, "Not all men can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given.

When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"

Then a leper came to him, imploring him, kneeling down to him and saying to him, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."

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

And Jesus said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."

Send them away, so they can go to the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves something to eat."

there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him."

And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?"

Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us."

Jesus said to him, "If you can, all things are possible to him who believes."

And he said to them, "This kind can only come out by prayer."

But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.

And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

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

And Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

While he was in one of the cities, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

And Jesus said to them, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his span of life?

And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

nor can they die any more, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

And he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

Nicodemus said to him, "How can this be?"

John answered, "A man can receive only what is given to him from heaven.

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was sick.

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does.

"I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"

And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

Here he is, speaking publicly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that he is the Christ?

They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?"

we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going, and how can we know the way?"

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.

Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth."

"Can anyone refuse the water for these people to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

Since you can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Neither can they prove to you the charges they are now making against me.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of the charges brought against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher?

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"

For no other foundation can any one lay than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it trouble youbut if you can gain your freedom, do so.

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;

Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; and I hope you will understand fully,

as you have understood us in part, that you can be proud of us just as we can be of you, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast of work already done in another man's territory.

When you read this, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

For of this you can be sure, that no immoral, impure, or covetous personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

in addition to all this, taking up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.