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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
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The Wise and Foolish Builders
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
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When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
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If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
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If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
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Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
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But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
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For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
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But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
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The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
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And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him
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they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
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Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.
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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
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No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
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The farmer sows the word.
