Secret

Matthew 6:
1"Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.  2"Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.  3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,  4so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.  5"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.  6But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.  16"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,  18that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

100X

Mark 10:
28Peter began to say to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you."  29Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,  30who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.  31But many that are first will be last, and the last first."

Possible

Mark 10:
17And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"  18And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.  19You know the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" 20And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."  21And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."  22At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.  23And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"  24And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!  25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  26And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"  27Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

First

Matthew 6:
24"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.  25"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  26Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?  27And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?  28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin;  29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'  32For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.  34"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

Children

Mark 10:
13And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.  14But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  15Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."  16And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

Divorce

Mark 10:
1And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.  2And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"  3He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"  4They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."  5But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.'  7`For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,  8and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.  9What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."  10And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.  11And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;  12and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

Water

41For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.  42"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.  43And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.  45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.  47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,  48where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.  49For every one will be salted with fire.  50Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Rock

Matthew 16::
13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare'a Philip'pi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?"  14And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli'jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."  15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."  17And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.  18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.  19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

First

Mark 9:
30They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."  32But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.  33And they came to Caper'na-um; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"  34But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.  35And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."  36And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,  37"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

Prayer

Mark 9:
14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them.  15And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and ran up to him and greeted him.  16And he asked them, "What are you discussing with them?"  17And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit;  18and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able."  19And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me."  20And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.  21And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood.  22And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." 23And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes."  24Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"  25And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."  26And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead."  27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.  28And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"  29And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."

Perfect

Matthew 5:
38"You have heard that it was said, `An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'  39But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;  40and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;  41and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.  42Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.  43"You have heard that it was said, `You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'  44But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  46For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?  47And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?  48You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Transfigured

Mark 9:
2And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them,  3and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them.  4And there appeared to them Eli'jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.  5And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah."  6For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid.  7And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him."  8And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.  9And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.  10So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.  11And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?"  12And he said to them, "Eli'jah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?  13But I tell you that Eli'jah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."

Profit

Mark 8:
834And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.  35For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.  36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?  37For what can a man give in return for his life?  38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."91And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power."

Christ

Mark 8:
27And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare'a Philip'pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"  28And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli'jah; and others one of the prophets."  29And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."  30And he charged them to tell no one about him.  31And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.  32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.  33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men."

Blind

Mark 8:
22And they came to Beth-sa'ida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him.  23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"  24And he looked up and said, "I see men; but they look like trees, walking."  25Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly.  26And he sent him away to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."

Leaven

Mark 8:
14Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.  15And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."  16And they discussed it with one another, saying, "We have no bread."  17And being aware of it, Jesus said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?  18Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?  19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve."  20"And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven."  21And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

Sign

11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.  12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."  13And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.

Yes No

Matthew 5:
17"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.  18For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  19Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  21"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.'  22But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire.  23So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,  24leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.  25Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison;  26truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.  27"You have heard that it was said, `You shall not commit adultery.'  28But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  29If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.  30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.  31"It was also said, `Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'  32But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.  33"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'  34But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,  35or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.  36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.  37Let what you say be simply `Yes' or `No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

5000

Mark 8:
1In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them,  2"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat;  3and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way."  4And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?"  5And he asked them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven."  6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.  7And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.  8And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.  9And there were about four thousand people.  10And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanu'tha.

Deaf

Mark 7:
31Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decap'olis.  32And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.  33And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; 34and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Eph'phatha," that is, "Be opened."  35And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.  36And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.  37And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."

Dogs

Mark 7:
24And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid.  25But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoeni'cian by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.  27And he said to her, "Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."  28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."  29And he said to her, "For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter."  30And she went home, and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.

Defile

Mark 7:
14And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him."  17And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.  18And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, 19since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)  20And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.  21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,  22coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.  23All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man."

Tradition

Mark 7:
1Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,  2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed.  3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;  4and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.)  5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?"  6And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, `This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' 8You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men."  9And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!  10For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother'; and, `He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die';  11but you say, `If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) --  12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,  13thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do."