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But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

…but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’

…and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.

But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

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

But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”