You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

And the disciples asked him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Woe to the world because of temptations to sin! For temptations must come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes!

Now behold, one came up and said to him, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave

saying, "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.

So you must observe and do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"

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."

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

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?

And he sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.

Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But the scriptures must be fulfilled."

And he said to them, "Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this purpose."

But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Nevertheless I must journey today and tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today."

and they questioned him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.

And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified; for these things must first take place, but the end will not come immediately."

For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was numbered with transgressors'; for what is written about me has its fulfillment."

'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.'"

Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

He must increase, but I must decrease.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?"

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

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor.

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?"

For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from usone of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection."

whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."

But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."

He brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome."

that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

But we must run aground on some island."

You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce him.

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward his betrothed, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let them marry.

We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn; and one must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

But if a revelation is made to another who is sitting, the first one must keep silent.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you must also do.

You also must help us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Each one must give just as he has purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

To my shame, I must say that we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast aboutI am speaking as a foolI also dare to boast about.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

I must go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds,

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, each one of you must speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but rather must labor, doing useful work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with those in need.

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

And there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather let there be thanksgiving.

However, each one of you must also love his wife as himself, and the wife must see that she respects her husband.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord forgave you, so you also must forgive.

I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,