But no one is able to enter a strong man&#8217;s<n id="1" /> house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.<n id="2" />

When his daughter Herodias<n id="1" /> came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, &#8220;Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.&#8221;

For whoever wants to save his life<n id="1" /> will lose it,<n id="2" /> but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but<n id="1" /> they were not able to do so.&#8221;<n id="2" />

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have<n id="1" /> two hands and go into hell,<n id="2" /> to the unquenchable fire.

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have<n id="1" /> two feet and be thrown into hell.

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out!<n id="1" /> It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have<n id="2" /> two eyes and be thrown into hell,

who will not receive in this age<n id="1" /> a hundred times as much &#8211; homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions<n id="2" /> &#8211; and in the age to come, eternal life.<n id="3" />

&#8220;Teacher, Moses wrote for us: &#8216;<i><b>If a manb>&#8217;<b>s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that manb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>must marryi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>the widow and father childreni>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>for his brotheri>b>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time,<n id="1" /> for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, &#8216;The Teacher says, &#8220;Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?&#8221;&#8217;

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him<n id="1" /> when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.&#8221;