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"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich,Amos 6:1; Matthew 6:2,5, 16; Luke 12:21; 16:25; James 5:1;">[xr] for you have had your comfort!

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.Exodus 23:4; Proverbs 25:2; Matthew 5:44; Luke 5:35; Romans 12:20;">[xr]

A disciple is not better than his teacher. But everyone who is fully-trained will be like his teacher.Matthew 10:24; John 13:16; 15:20;">[xr]

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?Matthew 7:3;">[xr]

"Why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord,' but don't do what I tell you?Malachi 1:6; Matthew 7:21; 25:11; Luke 13:25;">[xr]

He is like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.had been built well">[fn]

But the person who hears what I saywhat I say">[fn] but doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that houseit">[fn] quickly collapsed, and the ruin of that house was devastating."

That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed.

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselvesGod's decision in their case">[fn] by refusing to be baptized by him.Acts 20:27;">[xr]

They are like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other, 'A wedding song we played for you, the dance you did but scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you did not mourn.'

Then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any 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,[fn] but this woman, from the moment I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet.

You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.Psalm 23:5;">[xr]

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."1 Timothy 1:14;">[xr]

But Jesushe">[fn] said to the woman, "Your faith had saved you. Go in peace."Matthew 9:22; Mark 5:34; 10:52; Luke 8:48; 18:42;">[xr]

But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are giventhey are given">[fn] in parables, so thatIsaiah 6:9; Mark 4:12;">[xr] 'they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"Isaiah 6:9-10">[fn]

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

The ones on the stony ground are the people who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

The ones that fell among the thornbushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.