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The scribes and Pharisees were watching him closely, to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against him.

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam of wood in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter in your brother’s eye.

After John’s messengers left, he began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

What then did you go out to see? A prophet?

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet,

He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’s feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about?” And he wanted to see him.

Then turning to his disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see!

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.”

He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

See, your house is abandoned to you.

Then he took the Twelve aside and told them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.

“These things that you see—the days will come

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud