If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number.

A second angel followed the first, declaring: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral passion.”

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.

From that time Jesus began to preach this message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

“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.

Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying, “Who is this?”