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Don't let us be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.'

But if you don't forgive others, then your Father in heaven will not forgive the wrongs you do.

But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness. And if the only light you have is really darkness, you have the worst kind of darkness.

Look at the birds. They don't plant, harvest, or save food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Don't you know you are worth much more than they are?

But I tell you that even Solomon, the great and rich king, was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers.

If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? It's just grass—one day it's alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small!

"Why do you notice the small piece of dust that is in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the big piece of wood that is in your own?

You people are so bad, but you still know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him.

But the gate that opens the way to true life is narrow. And the road that leads there is hard to follow. Only a few people find it.

"Be careful of false prophets. They come to you and look gentle like sheep. But they are really dangerous like wolves.

It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock.

Then Jesus said to him, "Don't tell anyone about what happened. But go and let the priest look at you. And offer the gift that Moses commanded for people who are made well. This will show everyone that you are healed."

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Another of Jesus' followers said to him, "Lord, I will follow you too, but let me go and bury my father first."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let those who are dead bury their own dead."

After the boat left the shore, a very bad storm began on the lake. The waves covered the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.

The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. But how can I prove this to you? Maybe you are thinking it was easy for me to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven.' There's no proof that it really happened. But what if I say to the man, ‘Stand up and walk'? Then you will be able to see that I really have this power." So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Stand up. Take your mat and go home."

Then the followers of John came to Jesus and said, "We and the Pharisees fast often, but your followers don't ever fast. Why?"

Jesus answered, "At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

While Jesus was still talking, a leader of the synagogue came to him. The leader bowed down before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But if you will come and touch her with your hand, she will live again."