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?”

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, “If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?”

yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

“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?”

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

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

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

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.