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Jesus said: Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.

Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, "A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people."

God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do."

In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, "I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you."

Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.

But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.

But Jesus told the woman, "Because of your faith, you are now saved. May God give you peace!"

The man saw Jesus and screamed. He knelt down in front of him and shouted, "Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? I beg you not to torture me!"

"Go back home and tell everyone how much God has done for you." The man then went all over town, telling everything that Jesus had done for him.

Jesus said to the woman, "You are now well because of your faith. May God give you peace!"

Jesus then asked them, "But who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah sent from God."

As soon as you enter a home, say, "God bless this home with peace."

You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are also in for trouble! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.

The man replied, "The Scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.' They also say, ‘Love your neighbors as much as you love yourself.'"

Others wanted to put Jesus to the test. So they asked him to show them a sign from God.

As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said: You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah is the only sign you will be given.

The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.

You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?

If you would only give what you have to the poor, everything you do would please God.

You Pharisees are in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your gardens, such as mint and rue. But you cheat people, and you don't love God. You should be fair and kind to others and still give a tenth to God.