Be Able To

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

And they were unable to answer these questions.

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.