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Then he gave them an illustration: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and puts it on an old one; if he does, not only will the new one continue to rip, but the piece from the new will not match the old.

He entered the House of God and took and ate the Bread of the Presence" — which no one is permitted to eat but the cohanim.

But he knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Come up and stand where we can see you!" He got up and stood there.

But the others were filled with fury and began discussing with each other what they could do to Yeshua.

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have already had all the comfort you will get!

But love your enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing back! Your reward will be great, and you will be children of Ha‘Elyon; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

A talmid is not above his rabbi; but each one, when he is fully trained, will be like his rabbi.

So why do you see the splinter in your brother's eye, but not notice the log in your own eye?

"Why do you call me, ‘Lord! Lord!' but not do what I say?

he is like someone building a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the torrent beat against that house but couldn't shake it, because it was constructed well.

And whoever hears my words but doesn't act on them is like someone who built his house on the ground without any foundation. As soon as the river struck it, it collapsed and that house became a horrendous wreck!"

No? then what did you go out to see? Someone who was well dressed? But people who dress beautifully and live in luxury are found in kings' palaces.

but the P'rushim and the Torah-teachers, by not letting themselves be immersed by him, nullified for themselves God's plan.

They are like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to one another, ‘We made happy music, but you wouldn't dance! We made sad music, but you wouldn't cry!'

Then, turning to the woman, he said to Shim‘on, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house — you didn't give me water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair!

You didn't give me a kiss; but from the time I arrived, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!

You didn't put oil on my head, but this woman poured perfume on my feet!

Because of this, I tell you that her sins — which are many! — have been forgiven, because she loved much. But someone who has been forgiven only a little loves only a little."

But he said to the woman, "Your trust has saved you; go in peace."

But some fell into rich soil, and grew, and produced a hundred times as much as had been sown." After saying this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!"