Nicodemus replied, ¹  “How can these things be?” ² 

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

What can a person give in exchange for his life?

Those who heard this said, “Then ¹  who can be saved?” ² 

so that no one can boast in his presence.

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah, ¹  can he?” ² 

“No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, ¹  can he?” ² 

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, ¹  so that when you see him again you can rejoice ²  and I can be free from anxiety.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ¹  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ² 

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, ¹  or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access ¹  to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? ¹ 

The ¹  disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, “Then who can be saved?” ² 

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ¹ 

So ¹  he called them and spoke to them in parables: ²  “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” ¹ 

They were even more astonished and said ¹  to one another, “Then ²  who can be saved?” ³ 

And which of you by worrying ¹  can add an hour to his life? ² 

“Salt ¹  is good, but if salt loses its flavor, ²  how can its flavor be restored?