What did Jesus say about Evil?

¹⁷ “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

¹⁸ For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

¹⁹ Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

²⁰ For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁶ “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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⁸ “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?

⁹ Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,

¹⁰ or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

¹¹ How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

³³ “Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’

³⁴ but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

³⁶ Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.

³⁷ But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

¹⁵ “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

¹⁷ These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

¹⁸ they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Textual note: Mark 16:9–20, the longer ending of Mark, is absent from some early manuscripts. It is included in the KJV and WEB used here.

⁴⁰ “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

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⁴² “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

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⁴⁶ “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

¹⁶ “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

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¹⁹ “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

³⁹ “Don’t forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

⁴⁰ For whoever is not against us is on our side.

⁴¹ For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

³⁴ “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

³⁶ For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

³⁷ For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

³⁸ For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

⁶ “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

⁴³ “Follow me.”

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⁴⁷ “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

⁴⁸ “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

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⁵⁰ “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”

⁵¹ “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

³⁴ “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

³⁵ For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

³⁶ Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

¹² “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

¹³ But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”

²⁵ “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

²² “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

²³ and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.”