Matthew 4:17; Matthew 11:7; Matthew 11:20; Matthew 12:1; Matthew 14:30; Matthew 16:21-22; Matthew 18:24; Matthew 20:8; Matthew 24:49; Matthew 26:22; Matthew 26:37; Matthew 26:74 (New American Standard)

17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Jesus' Tribute to John

7 As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see ? A reed shaken by the wind ?

The Unrepenting Cities

20 Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

Sabbath Questions

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. 30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"

Jesus Foretells His Death

21 From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. 22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord ! This shall never happen to You." 24 "When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.' 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards ; 22 Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord ?" 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 74 Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man !" And immediately a rooster crowed.