Indeed I tell you that, unless your religion is above that of the Teachers of the Law, and Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

And then I shall say to them plainly 'I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.'

Jesus was surprised to hear this, and said to those who were following him: "Never I tell you, in any Israelite have I met with such faith as this!

For I tell you that many Prophets and good men have longed for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never saw them, and to hear the things which you are hearing, yet never heard them.

Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,

But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him. "Master," he said, "please God that shall never be your fate!"

And said to him: "Do you hear what these boys are saying?" "Yes," answered Jesus; "but did you never read the words--'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast called forth perfect praise'?"

And, noticing a solitary fig tree by the road-side, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it: "Never again shall fruit be gathered off you." And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words shall never pass away.

True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

And I tell you that I shall never, after this, drink of this juice of the grape, until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the Kingdom of my Father."

"If every one else falls away from you," Peter answered, "I shall never fall away!"

"Even if I must die with you," Peter exclaimed, "I shall never disown you!" All the disciples spoke in the same way.

The man got up, and immediately took up his mat, and went out before them all; at which they were amazed, and, as they praised God, they said: "We have never seen anything like this!"

"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions--

And to them he never used to speak except in parables; but in private to his own disciples he explained everything.

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: "Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again."

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God's creation until now-- and never will again.

True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

I tell you that I shall never again drink of the juice of the grape, until that day when I shall drink it new in the Kingdom of God."

But Peter vehemently protested: "Even if I must die with you, I shall never disown you!" And they all said the same.

And then a widow, till she had reached the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple Courts, but, fasting and praying, worshiped God night and day.

And when some soldiers on active service asked "And we--what are we to do?" he said: "Never use violence, or exact anything by false accusation; and be content with your pay."

But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.

For, I tell you, many Prophets and Kings wished for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never heard them."

Verily your House is left to you desolate! and never, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say--'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

'No,' he said to his father, 'look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a kid, so that I might have a merry-making with my friends.

Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and never despair.

The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said--'Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!'

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.

The Jews were astonished. "How has this man got his learning," they asked, "when he has never studied?"

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

In truth I tell you, if any one lays my Message to heart, he will never really die."

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one's giving sight to a person born blind.

And he who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

"You shall never wash my feet!" exclaimed Peter. "Unless I wash you," answered Jesus, "you have nothing in common with me."

Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

"For my part," answered Jesus, "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some Synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where all the Jews assemble, and I never spoke of anything in secret.

And never for a single day, either in the Temple Courts or in private houses, did they cease to teach, or to tell the Good News of Jesus, the Christ.

"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."

"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!

As to his raising Jesus from the dead, never again to return to corruption, this is what is said--'I will give to you the sacred promises made to David;'

'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."

In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.

I never shrank from telling you anything that could be helpful to you, or from teaching you both in public and in private.

Therefore, be on your guard, remembering how for three years, night and day, I never ceased, even with tears, to warn each one of you.

I have never coveted any one's gold or silver or clothing.

Grieving most of all over what he had said--that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.

Where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with any one, or causing a crowd to collect--either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city;

Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!'

And that 'hope never disappoints.' For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;

Bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow upon me and that my heart is never free from pain.

But I ask 'Is it possible that men have never heard?' No, indeed, for--'Their voices spread through all the earth, and their Message to the very ends of the world.'

But what was the divine response? 'I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have never bowed the knee to Baal.'

For God never regrets his gifts or his Call.

Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;

Bless your persecutors--bless and never curse.

Never return injury for injury. Aim at doing what all men will recognize as honorable.

Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but make way for the Wrath of God; for Scripture declares--'"It is for me to avenge, I will requite," says the Lord.'

Never be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore Love fully satisfies the Law.

Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve--never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in a Brother's way.

As for yourself--keep this faith of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy is he who never has to condemn himself in regard to the very thing which he thinks right!

But as Scripture says--'They to whom he had never been proclaimed shall see; and they who have never heard shall understand!'

It is what Scripture speaks of as-'What eye never saw, nor ear ever heard, what never entered the mind of man-even all that God has prepared for those who love him.'

Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.

Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

Love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;

Love never rejoices at evil, but rejoices in the triumph of Truth;

Love never fails. But, whether it be the gift of preaching, it will be done with; whether it be the gift of 'tongues,' it will cease; whether it be knowledge, it, too, will be done with.

We never write anything to you other than what you will acknowledge to the very end--

The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we--Silas, Timothy, and I- -proclaimed among you, never wavered between 'Yes' and 'No.' With him it has always been 'Yes.'

Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair;

Though pursued, never abandoned; though struck down, never killed!

Sure that, when we have put it on, we shall never be found discarnate.

Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.

Never do we put an obstacle in any one's way, that no fault may be found with our ministry.

For, when sorrow is in accordance with God's will, it results in a repentance leading to Salvation, and which will never be regretted. The sure result of the sorrow that the world knows is Death.

I entreat you, Brothers, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.

For Scripture says--'Rejoice, thou barren one, who dost never bear, Break into shouts, thou who art never in labor, For many are the children of her who is desolate--aye, more than of her who has a husband.'

This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Never lie to one another. Get rid of your old self and its habits,

Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.