For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

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

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

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

But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

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!

Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.