And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him,

You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.

"Pass no more judgments upon other people, so that you may not have judgment passed upon you.

Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

If the house deserves it, the peace you wish it will come over it, but if it does not deserve it, your blessing will come back upon yourselves.

Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

But he answered, "Only a wicked and faithless age insists upon a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,

to fulfil what was said by the prophet, "I will open my mouth in figures, I will utter things that have been hidden since the creation."

When the disciples heard it, they were dreadfully frightened and fell upon their faces.

But rather than give offense to them, go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take that and pay the tax for us both."

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

"But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire.

And if your own eye makes you fall, dig it out and throw it away. You might better enter upon life with only one eye than be thrown with both eyes into the fiery pit.

Jesus said to them, "In the new world, I tell you, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel!

they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

I tell you, all this will come upon this age!

But he answered, "Do you see all this? I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another but shall be torn down."

Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!'

Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?'

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume and poured it upon his head, while he was at table.

When he came back he found them asleep again, for they could hardly keep their eyes open.

Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"

As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him,

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

And just as he was coming up out of the water he saw the heavens torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter into him,

As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.

And he looked up to heaven and sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!"??hich means "Open."

If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life crippled, than be thrown with both your feet into the pit.

where the worm that feeds upon them never dies and the fire is never put out.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be torn down."

When he came back he found them asleep again, for they could hardly keep their eyes open; and they did not know what answer to make to him.

And the high priests kept heaping accusations upon him.

"Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high,

There were some shepherds in that neighborhood keeping watch through the night over their flock in the open fields.

and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty,

And he rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

When he was in one of the towns, he came upon a man covered with leprosy. And when he saw Jesus he fell down on his face, and begged him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."

You did not put any oil upon my head, but she has put perfume upon my feet.

And some of it fell upon the rock, and when it sprang up it withered, because it had no moisture.

So they set sail. As they sailed along, he fell asleep. And a squall of wind came down upon the lake, and they were being swamped and were in peril.

If there is anyone there who loves peace, your blessing will rest upon him, but if there is not, it will come back to you.

and cure the sick there, and say to them, 'The Kingdom of God is close upon you!'

But whenever you come to a town and they do not welcome you, go out into the open streets and say,

But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him,

So I tell you, ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

Alas for you! For you are like unmarked graves which men tread upon without knowing it."

like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished.

Or those eighteen people at Siloam who were killed when the tower fell upon them??o you think they were worse offenders than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

For he will be handed over to the heathen, and ridiculed and insulted and spat upon,

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks about you and surround you and shut you in on all sides,

and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not know when God visited you!"

but they could not find any way to do it, for all the people hung upon his words.

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

"As for all this that you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down!"

Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"

And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. Wait here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.

The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too?

It was the Mary who poured perfume upon the Master and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

Now that you have this knowledge, you will be blessed if you act upon it.

As he said this he breathed upon them, and said,

"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

(This man bought a piece of land with the money paid him for his treachery, and his body swelled up and burst open in the middle and all his vitals poured out.

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

But as he was a prophet, and knew that God had promised him with an oath that he would put one of his descendants upon his throne,

if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today,

The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.

They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

Seeing one of them being imposed upon, he interfered and defended the man who was being ill treated, striking down the Egyptian.

And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

But they uttered a great shout and stopped their ears, and they rushed upon him all together,

for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

saying, "Give me also this power to communicate the holy Spirit to anyone I place my hands upon."

This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

He is here with authority to arrest everyone who calls upon your name."

Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said to him, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

Everyone was astonished, and said, "Is not he the man who made such havoc of the people in Jerusalem who call upon that name, and who came here especially for the purpose of arresting such persons and taking them before the high priests?"

We are witnesses of everything that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they put him upon a cross and killed him.

The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

and when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not stop to open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside.

Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came before him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended upon the king's dominions for its food supply.