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

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

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

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

“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.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.