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But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.

"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

But what did you go out to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Those who wear luxurious clothes are to be found in kings' palaces.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

"But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates.

But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath."

But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple.

"Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together against Him, how they might destroy Him.

But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings,

But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness.

And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness."

But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement.

"Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.