“As for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their necks and to be thrown into the lake.

I assure you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea’—and doesn’t waver but believes that what is said will really happen—it will happen.

Therefore I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you will receive it, and it will be so for you.

They argued among themselves, “If we say, ‘It’s of heavenly origin,’ he’ll say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

“Then if someone says to you, ‘Look, here’s the Christ,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it.

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross. Then we’ll see and believe.” Even those who had been crucified with Jesus insulted him.

But even after they heard the news, they didn’t believe that Jesus was alive and that Mary had seen him.

When they returned, they reported it to the others, but they didn’t believe them.

Finally he appeared to the eleven while they were eating. Jesus criticized their unbelief and stubbornness because they didn’t believe those who saw him after he was raised up.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn’t believe will be condemned.

These signs will be associated with those who believe: they will throw out demons in my name. They will speak in new languages.