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A man from Samaria then came traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him

A friend of mine has dropped in, and I don't have a thing for him to eat."

So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you.

Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.

Which one of you fathers would give your hungry child a snake if the child asked for a fish?

Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg?

When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn't find a place, it says, "I will go back to the home I left."

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.

Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark.

When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him home for a meal. Jesus went and sat down to eat.

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.

You Pharisees are in for trouble! You love the front seats in the meeting places, and you like to be greeted with honor in the market.

But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked graves that people walk on without even knowing it.

Jesus replied: You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won't lift a finger to help them carry the loads.

Yes, you are really in for trouble. You build monuments to honor the prophets your own people murdered long ago.

You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.

You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.

This includes every prophet from the time of Abel to the time of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the temple. You people will certainly be punished for all of this.

You teachers of the Law of Moses are really in for trouble! You carry the keys to the door of knowledge about God. But you never go in, and you keep others from going in.

Five sparrows are sold for just two pennies, but God doesn't forget a one of them.