Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

And he went on a little farther and saw two other men who were brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother, John, in the boat with Zebedee, their father, putting their nets in order, and he called them.

So do not worry and say, 'What shall we have to eat?' or 'What shall we have to drink?' or 'What shall we have to wear?'

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each day be content with its own ills.

How can you say to your brother, 'Just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a beam in your own?

You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?'

Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!'

So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing covered up that is not going to be uncovered, nor secret that is not going to be known.

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.

So do everything they tell you, and observe it all, but do not do as they do, for they talk but do not act.

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you scour land and sea to make one convert, and when he is converted you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

So if they say to you, 'There he is, in the desert!' do not go out there; 'Here he is, in a room in here!' do not believe it.

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!

And he said, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Master says, "My time is near. I am going to keep the Passover at your house with my disciples." ' "

They were deeply hurt and began to say to him one after another, "Can it be I, Master?"

Peter said to him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you!" All the disciples said so too.

And he took Peter and Zebedee's two sons with him, and he began to show grief and distress of mind.

and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself."

Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him."

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

Which is easier, to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, "Get up and pick up your mat and walk'?

It is so too with the ones sown on the rocky ground; they gladly accept the message as soon as they hear it,

Peter started to say to him, "Well, we have left all we had, and have followed you."

And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to him and said, "Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

and whatever house he goes into, say to the man of the house, 'The Master says, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover supper with my disciples?" '

And some started to spit at him and to blindfold him and strike him, and say to him, "Now show that you are a prophet!" And the attendants slapped him as they took charge of him.

But go and say to his disciples and to Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; you will see him there, just as he told you.' "

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

and he saw two boats on the shore of the lake, for the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

They said to him, "John's disciples observe frequent fasts and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but your disciples eat and drink."

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when you cannot see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see to get out the speck in your brother's eye.

So Jesus went with them. But when he was not far from the house, the captain sent some friends to him, to say to him, "Master, do not take any more trouble, for I am not a suitable person to have you under my roof.

Jesus answered him, and said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to say to you." He said, "Proceed, Master."

The men at table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

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

Meanwhile as the people gathered in thousands, until they actually trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

He said to them, "Go and say to that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be through.

and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

Men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here he is!' Do not go off in pursuit of him,

and say to the man of the house, 'Our Master says to you, "Where is the room where I can eat the Passover supper with my disciples?" '

Then people will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us up!'

"Why do I even talk to you at all? I have a great deal to say about you and to condemn in you, yet he who sent me is truthful, and the things that I say to the world are things that I have learned from him."

They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

for some of them thought that as Judas had the purse Jesus meant to say to him, "Buy what we need for the festival," or to have him give something to the poor.

Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and the Father is in union with me? I am not the source of the words that I say to you, but the Father who is united with me is doing these things himself.

and saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at his head and one at his feet.

Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

"Brothers, one may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his grave is here among us to this very day.

One afternoon, about three o'clock, he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God come into his room and say to him, "Cornelius!"

And I heard a voice say to me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!'

So do what we tell you. We have four men here who are under a vow.

and I fell upon the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

So he took him to the colonel, and said, "The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me? You cannot kick against the goad!'

" 'Go to this Nation and say to them, "You will listen, and listen, and never understand, And you will look, and look, and never see!

On the contrary, who are you, my friend, to answer back to God? Can something a man shapes say to the man who shaped it, "Why did you make me like this?"

But this is what the uprightness that springs from faith says: "Do not say to yourself, 'Who will go up to heaven?' " that is, to bring Christ down;

So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.

My fellow-worker, Timothy, wishes to be remembered to you, and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow-countrymen.

and God's, to judge those who are outside? You must drive the wrongdoer out from among you.

Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too?

Have you no houses to eat and drink in? Or do you mean to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate those who have none? What can I say to you? Can I approve of you? Not in this matter certainly.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," or the head to the feet, "I do not need you."

So to keep me from being too much elated a bitter physical affliction was sent to me, a very messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too much elated.

So do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

and so do my fellow-workers, Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.

See to it, my brothers, that no one of you has a wicked, unbelieving heart, that turns away from the ever-living God,

I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension.

and you pay attention to the man in the fine clothes and say to him, "Sit here; this is a good place!" and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit on the floor at my feet,"

Do you believe in one God? Very well! So do the demons, and they shudder.

On the Lord's day I fell into a trance, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me

The first woe is past. See! Two woes are yet to come.

say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates."

And they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, before the eyes of their enemies.

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, "Go and empty the seven bowls of God's wrath upon the earth!"