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You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

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

But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

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

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

For the heart of this people has become dull,And with their ears they scarcely hear,And they have closed their eyes,Lest they would see with their eyes,Hear with their ears,And understand with their heart and return,And I would heal them.'

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

But he *said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.

and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

And when He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

But the boat was already many stadia away from the land, being battered by the waves; for the wind was against them.

"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,' and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.'

he need not honor his father.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.