"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

"But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me."

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

"Indeed, I say to you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her deeds."