Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;

"Nor must you swear by your head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.

"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; neither can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

And Jesus continued to go throughout all the cities and towns, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity.

And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over evil spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and infirmity.

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

and at dawn you say, 'It will storm today, for the sky is red and lowering.' You know how to discern the look of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot read.

"But this kind is driven out by prayer alone."

Then he went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "O, my Father, if this cup cannot pass except I drink it, Thy will be done."

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand;

and if Satan has revolted against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand. Nay, he meets his end!

"This kind can only be cast out by prayer," he replied.

"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.

In the same way the high priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on mocking him to themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but himself he cannot save.

"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.

So, after exhausting on him every kind of temptation, the devil left him for a time.

"And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same.

"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

"You know not what kind of spirit you share, for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

"and he from indoors shall answer. 'Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.'

"If then you cannot do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.

"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

"For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.

"What kind of things?" he answered. And they said: "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

In reply John said: "A man cannot obtain anything unless it has been granted to him from heaven.

So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.

"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

"You will search for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

"What does he mean saying, 'You shall seek me and you shall not find me,' and 'Where I am you cannot come'?"

Then again he said them. "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I am going, you cannot come."

Then the Jews said: "He will not kill himself, will he? Is that why he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

"If those to whom the word of God came are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),

(In saying this he was signifying by what kind of death he was to die.)

"My little children, I am only to be with you a little longer. You will seek me; just as I said to the Jews, 'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say to you.

Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" "Where I am going," answered Jesus, "you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow me later."

"Why cannot I follow you now, Master?" said Peter. "I will lay down my life for you." Jesus answered him.

"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them just now.

The Jews answered him, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death" (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled in which he predicted the kind of death he was to die).

This he said to show by what kind of death Peter was to glorify God. After speaking thus, he said to him, "Follow me."

"What," said they, "shall we do with these men? For it is well known throughout Jerusalem that a notable miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.

but for our part, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."

"but if it is from God, you cannot put it down; you may even find yourselves fighting against God."

"The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet; What kind of house will you build for me? saith the Lord. Or what resting-place shall I have?

"So I sent for you without delay, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to speak."

"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved."

"Since these facts cannot be gainsaid, you ought to be calm and do nothing reckless.

"The kind of life I have lived from my youth upward among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all that early life of mine, is well known to all the Jews.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved."

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.

Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

For I count as nothing what we now suffer, in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us.

In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers in the Lord's table and in the table of demons.

But in giving you the following instructions, I cannot praise you; your solemn assemblies do more harm than good.

And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you". nor again of head to the feet, "I have no need for you."

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

But God gives it what body he pleases, and to each kind of seed its own body.

I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

And God is able to give you an overflowing measure of every grace, so that all your wants of every kind may be supplied at all times, and you may give of your abundance to every good work;

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

Lead the life of children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in every kind of goodness and uprightness and truth.

In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;

that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

that you may be strengthened in every kind of strength by the might of his glory for every kind of patience and fortitude with good cheer.

Take care that none of you ever return evil for evil, but always pursue what is kind to one another and to all.

They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering.

and yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

So also noble deeds are conspicuous, and even if otherwise, they cannot be kept hidden.

If we prove faithless. he abides faithful, for he cannot be false to himself."

The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind and submissive to their husbands, in order that God's message be not maligned.

If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron?

For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

That phrase, "Once again," signifies the removal of the things which can be shaken, created things, in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,

When he is being tempted, let no one say, "It is God who tempts me," for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man.