Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Whoever then breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

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

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?"

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains in search of the one that went astray?

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of,

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

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

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."

Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."

For whoever has, to him will more be given; and whoever does not have, from him even what he has will be taken away."

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

since it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Then he said to them, "Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

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

where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it."

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; if he does, he will tear the new garment, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

Now John answered, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us."

He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour he is not aware of, and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was commanded?

Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it."

"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."

He who believes in him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been done in God."

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

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.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples complained about this, he said to them, "Does this offend you?

The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

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

But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."

"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he is doing?"

And a slave does not continue in the house forever, but a son continues forever.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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.

And they asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.

"Truly, truly, I say to you, the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

He who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will condemn him on the last day.

Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does take place, you may believe that I am he.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe.

Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

If anyone does not abide in me, he is like a branch that is cast away and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is saying."

And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.'

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.

And the eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?"

but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is welcome to him.

The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands;

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?