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but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

The farmer sows the word.

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”

making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.