And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!
The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them go.
Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.
His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.
And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.
Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:
But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.
And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.
And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.
Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.
But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.
Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,
Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,
But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
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