But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for this is the fitting way for both of us to do our full duty to God." Then he yielded to Him.

Keep on rejoicing and leaping for ecstasy, for your reward will be rich in heaven; for this is the way they persecuted the prophets who lived before you.

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

So if your right eye causes you to do wrong, pluck it out of your way; for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

And if your right hand causes you to do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way, for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

But your way of speaking must be a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

So this is the way you must pray: Our Father in heaven, Your name be revered.

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No, people who dress in that way are found in the palaces of kings.

and in this way fulfilled the saying spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

"Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."

And in stories, by way of comparison, He told them many things, as He continued to speak: "A sower went out to sow,

He went to His own home town, and kept teaching in their synagogue in such a way that they were dumbfounded, and said, "Where did He get this wisdom and this power to do such wonder-works?

For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him out of the way by putting him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

but the boat was already a long way from shore, and was being tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for this view of yours is not from God but from men."

"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.

And if your own eye makes you do wrong, pluck it out and put it out of your way. It is better for you to go into life with a single eye than to have both eyes to be thrown into the pit of torture.

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

Then they asked Him, "Why did Moses command us to give a written divorce charge, and in this way to divorce a wife?"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

For John came to you walking in the way of uprightness, and yet you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, even though you saw that, would not change your minds afterward and believe him.

Again he sent other slaves, and more than at first, and they treated them exactly the same way.

So they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, to say to Him, "Teacher, we know that you are in the habit of telling the truth and of teaching the way of God in honesty, and you do not care what anyone says, for you are not partial.

Then many will fall by the way, and will betray one another and hate one another.

In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.

And He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons along with Him and He began to give way to His grief and distress of heart.

How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

In that way the words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been fixed by some Israelites,

Even the robbers who were crucified with Him made sport of Him in the same way.

While they were on their way, some members of the guard went into the city and told the high priests everything that had taken place.