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He entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.

For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."

Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter;

for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.

"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.'

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."