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You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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

For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”

Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.

They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

“We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.

Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

…and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

…then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?