So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

For this people’s heart has grown callous;
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn back—
and I would cure them.

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!

So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

But all this has happened so that the prophetic Scriptures would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and ran away.

they gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink it.

and saying, “The One who would demolish the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”