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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

"Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children." [fn]

But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."

But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' Hosea 6:6 ">[fn] you would not have condemned the guiltless.

But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes [fn] followed Him, and He healed them all.

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Mark 3:28-30">[xr] "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"

But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.