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"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, 'I will go back to my home that I left.'Matthew 12:43;">[xr]

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person is worse than the first."John 5:14; Hebrews 6:4; 10:26; 2 Peter 2:20;">[xr]

For just as Jonah became a signa sign">[fn] to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.Jonah 1:17; 2:10;">[xr]

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding placecellar">[fn] or under a basket,or under a basket">[fn] but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16;">[xr]

After Jesushe">[fn] had said this, a Pharisee invited him to have a meal with him. So Jesushe">[fn] went and took his place at the table.

So give what is inside to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you.Isaiah 58:7; Daniel 4:27; Luke 12:33;">[xr]

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.

so that this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that was shed since the foundation of the world,

So he began to think to himself, 'What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

So if you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

"So stop concerning yourselves about what you will eat or what you will drink, and stop being distressed.

How blessed they will be if he comes in the middle of the night or near dawnin the second or the third watch">[fn] and finds them awake!finds them so">[fn]

So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you don't expect him."Matthew 24:44; 25:13; Mark 13:33; Luke 21:34,36; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:12;">[xr]

When you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and so it is.

So he said to the gardener, 'Look here! For three years I have been coming to look for fruit on this tree but haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."Exodus 20:9; Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7; 14:3;">[xr]

So Jesushe">[fn] went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to?Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:30;">[xr]

So Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"Matthew 12:10;">[xr]

But they kept silent. So he took hold of the man,him">[fn] healed him, and sent him away.

"So the servant went back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, 'Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'