I have not come<n id="1" /> to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> said to his disciples, &#8220;Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe<n id="2" /> to the one through whom they come!

And who am I<n id="1" /> that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

He<n id="1" /> went into all the region around the Jordan River,<n id="2" /> preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.<n id="3" />p>

Tax collectors<n id="1" /> also came to be baptized, and they said to him, &#8220;Teacher, what should we do?&#8221;

So too a Levite, when he came up to<n id="1" /> the place and saw him,<n id="2" /> passed by on the other side.

But<n id="1" /> a Samaritan<n id="2" /> who was traveling<n id="3" /> came to where the injured man<n id="4" /> was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.<n id="5" />

When it returns,<n id="1" /> it finds the house<n id="2" /> swept clean and put in order.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I have come<n id="1" /> to bring<n id="2" /> fire on the earth &#8211; and how I wish it were already kindled!

Another<n id="1" /> said, &#8216;I just got married, and I cannot come.&#8217;<n id="2" />

For the Son of Man came<n id="1" /> to seek and to save the lost.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the day for the feast<n id="1" /> of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.<n id="2" />

Then<n id="1" /> he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me<n id="2" /> when you come in<n id="3" /> your kingdom.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> they motioned<n id="2" /> to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink.<n id="3" />

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me.<n id="1" /> I say to this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes,<n id="2" /> and to another, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes, and to my slave, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now at one point<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> asked Jesus<n id="3" /> when the kingdom of God<n id="4" /> was coming, so he answered, &#8220;The kingdom of God is not coming with signs<n id="5" /> to be observed,

But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them,<n id="1" /> at that time<n id="2" /> they will fast.&#8221;

That is why<n id="1" /> I did not presume<n id="2" /> to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodyblock">For John the Baptist has come<n id="1" /> eating no bread and drinking no wine,<n id="2" /> and you say, &#8216;He has a demon!&#8217;<n id="3" />

Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night<n id="1" /> and finds them alert,<n id="2" /> blessed are those slaves!<n id="3" />