but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting."

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.