After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes insipid, what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be thrown outside and trodden by the feet of men.

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take out the splinter from your eye,' when there lies the plank in your own eye?

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

When he went indoors the blind men came up to him, and Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They said, "Yes, sir."

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

And all the crowds were amazed; they said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his realm stand?

Why, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first of all binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

When the disciples heard this they were utterly astounded; they said, "Who then can possibly be saved?"

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

Show me the coin for taxes." So they brought him a shilling.

If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

and said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.'"

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, go and make it as secure as you can."

A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"

"What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

No one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods unless first of all he binds the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

But they were overawed and said to each other, "Whatever can he be, when the very wind and sea obey him?"

"if I can touch even his clothes," she said to herself, "I will recover."

Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone;

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?

So she went home and found the child lying in bed and the daemon gone from her.

His disciples replied, "Where can one get loaves to satisfy them in a desert spot like this?"

He began to see and said, "I can make out people, for I see them as large as trees, moving."

What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul?

"it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us."

Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes."

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

They were more astounded than ever; they said to themselves, "Then who ever can be saved?"

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

They said to him, "We can." Jesus said, "You shall drink the cup I have to drink and undergo the baptism I have to undergo;

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me.

and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency,

At this she was startled; she thought to herself, whatever can this greeting mean?

"How can this be?" said Mary to the angel, "I have no husband."

she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.

Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ,"

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

When he was in one of their towns, there was a man full of leprosy who, on seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought him, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me."

Then the scribes and Pharisees began to argue, "Who is this blasphemer? Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

Jesus said to them, "Can you make friends at a wedding fast while the bride groom is beside them?

He also told them a parabolic word: "Can one blind man lead another? will they not both fall into a pit?

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey him!"

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

And suppose he answers from the inside, 'Don't bother me; the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.'

He was casting out a dumb daemon, and when the daemon had gone out the dumb man spoke. The crowds marvelled,

and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul?

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,

I tell you, my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body but after that can do no more;

And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods.

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Then it may bear fruit next year. If not, you can have it cut down.'"

Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand?

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other, you cannot serve both God and Mammon."

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

His hearers said, "Then whoever can be saved?"

But when they saw this, everyone began to mutter that he had gone to be the guest of a sinner.

But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son?

David then calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand.

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, Where is the room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?'

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

"Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

Two days later a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; the mother of Jesus was present,

Jesus performed this, the first of his Signs, at Cana in Galilee, thereby displaying his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."

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

The wind blows where it wills; you can hear its sound, but you never know where it has come from or where it goes: it is the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Nicodemus answered, "How can that be?"

John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.