In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they began making fun of him.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.