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And they did so, and had them all sit down.

And I begged your disciples that they would expel it, and they were not able to do so."

So Jesus answered and said, "O unbelieving and perverted generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they could not understand it. And they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

So he said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.

And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

So he said, "The one who showed mercy to him." And Jesus said to him, "You go and do likewise."

But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached and said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I expel demons by Beelzebul.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

So he said, "Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers!

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

During this time when a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, although it is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he do so for you, you of little faith?

And you, be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes back and knocks, they can open the door for him immediately.

Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes back.

And he also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say at once, ‘A rainstorm is coming,' and so it happens.

For as you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to come to a settlement with him on the way, so that he will not drag you to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison.