They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).

When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

“You have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not murder,’ and ‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith?

Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

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

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

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

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”