Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, ¹  there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Then ¹  he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people? ¹  Answer me.”

then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

Then ¹  if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ²  or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.

Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn –

and said, “By what authority ¹  are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

The one on the roof ¹  must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. ² 

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ ¹  and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ ² 

“But as for that day or hour no one knows it – neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son ¹  – except the Father.

But ¹  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ²  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Which is easier, ¹  to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ¹ 

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ ¹  (that is, a gift for God),

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 ¹  but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ²  Is it right ³  to pay taxes ⁴  to Caesar ⁵  or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived ¹  for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off ¹  your feet as a testimony against them.”

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”