but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

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

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.