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

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.”

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

saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

“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.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.”

He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”