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And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
Words of Christ » Concerning the future state of the wicked » Compares the suffering of, to fire
Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong, And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Speaking as the oracle of God
I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.
Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.
I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.
For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.
He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Remembered
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
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So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
And his words came back into their minds, And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.
(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.
Words of Christ » Concerning the future state of the wicked » Other references of Christ to
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
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Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Words of Christ » Concerning the future state of the wicked » Described as banishment from God
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Authoritative
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » To those who criticised mary
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Divine
He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » To the disciples powerless to heal the demoniac
And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Access to God
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
Words of Christ » Comforting commending » The syrophenician woman
Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » The abiding comforter
If you have love for me, you will keep my laws. And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » To the eleven, disbelieving in his resurrection
And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Fellowship, with God
Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Assurance
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Words of judgment
He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Imperishable
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » To the seekers after loaves and fishes
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » Reproving
But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Words of Christ » Comforting commending » John the baptist
I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Words of Christ » Comforting commending » Mary of bethany
But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.
Words of Christ » Comforting commending » A poor widow
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Promises to those who keep
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Divine disclosure
I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Eternal life
Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Incomparable
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Life-giving
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Gracious
And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Mighty
And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
Words of Christ » Comforting commending » A centurion
And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.