A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.&#8221; Then<n id="1" /> he left them and went away.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then some Pharisees<n id="1" /> came to him in order to test him. They asked, &#8220;Is it lawful<n id="2" /> to divorce a wife for any cause?&#8221;<n id="3" />

The<n id="1" /> disciples said to him, &#8220;If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!&#8221;

And you say, &#8216;If we had lived in the days of our ancestors,<n id="1" /> we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.&#8217;

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But as for that day and hour no one knows it &#8211; not even the angels in heaven<n id="1" /> &#8211; except the Father alone.

and said to him, &#8220;If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, &#8216;<b><i>He will command his angels concerning youi>b>&#8217;<n id="1" /> and &#8216;<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stonei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;You are the salt<n id="1" /> of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor,<n id="2" /> how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Be<n id="1" /> careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people.<n id="2" /> Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

But if your eye is diseased,<n id="1" /> your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!p>

If you then, although you are evil,<n id="1" /> know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts<n id="2" /> to those who ask him!

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins;<n id="1" /> otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins<n id="2" /> and both are preserved.&#8221;p>

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house &#8216;Beelzebul,&#8217; how much more will they defame the members of his household!p>

&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin!<n id="1" /> Woe to you, Bethsaida! If<n id="2" /> the miracles<n id="3" /> done in you had been done in Tyre<n id="4" /> and Sidon,<n id="5" /> they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum,<n id="1" /> will you be exalted to heaven?<n id="2" /> No, you will be thrown down to Hades!<n id="3" /> For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

how he entered the house of God and they ate<n id="1" /> the sacred bread,<n id="2" /> which was against the law<n id="3" /> for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?<n id="4" />

But he answered them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, &#8220;If anyone wants to become my follower,<n id="1" /> he must deny<n id="2" /> himself, take up his cross,<n id="3" /> and follow me.

So<n id="1" /> Peter said<n id="2" /> to Jesus, &#8220;Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make<n id="3" /> three shelters<n id="4" /> &#8211; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.&#8221;