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"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

"But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings' palaces!

"But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath."

But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

"But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

"But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."

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

"Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

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

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

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

But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"

"But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.