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But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.

but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!

But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.

But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.

"Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.

"Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

"But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Then Jesus said to him, "Listen! Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered."

But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth."

Jesus answered him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest."

Suddenly a fierce storm hit the lake, and the boat was in danger of sinking. But Jesus was asleep.

Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.

Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."

Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus, asking, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast at all?"

Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

While Jesus was saying this, a Jewish official came to him, knelt down before him, and said, "My daughter has just died; but come and place your hands on her, and she will live."

But as soon as the people had been put out, Jesus went into the girl's room and took hold of her hand, and she got up.

But they left and spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country.