Matthew:16-18,
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And the Pharisees and Sad '
ducees came ,
and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven .
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He answered them , "
When it is evening ,
you say , `
It will be fair weather ;
for the sky is red .'
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And in the morning , `
It will be stormy today ,
for the sky is red and threatening .'
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky ,
but you cannot interpret the signs of the times .
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An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign ,
but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah ."
So he left them and departed .
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When the disciples reached the other side ,
they had forgotten to bring any bread .
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Jesus said to them , "
Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad '
ducees ."
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And they discussed it among themselves ,
saying , "
We brought no bread ."
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But Jesus ,
aware of this ,
said , "
O men of little faith ,
why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread ?
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Do you not yet perceive ?
Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand ,
and how many baskets you gathered ?
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Or the seven loaves of the four thousand ,
and how many baskets you gathered ?
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How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about bread ?
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad '
ducees ."
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Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread ,
but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sad '
ducees .
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Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare '
a Philip '
pi ,
he asked his disciples , "
Who do men say that the Son of man is ?"
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And they said , "
Some say John the Baptist ,
others say Eli '
jah ,
and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets ."
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He said to them , "
But who do you say that I am ?"
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Simon Peter replied , "
You are the Christ ,
the Son of the living God ."
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And Jesus answered him , "
Blessed are you ,
Simon Bar-Jona !
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you ,
but my Father who is in heaven .
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And I tell you ,
you are Peter ,
and on this rock I will build my church ,
and the powers of death shall not prevail against it .
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I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven ,
and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven ."
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Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ .
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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 on the third day be raised .
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And Peter took him and began to rebuke him ,
saying , "
God forbid ,
Lord !
This shall never happen to you ."
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But he turned and said to Peter , "
Get behind me ,
Satan !
You are a hindrance to me ;
for you are not on the side of God ,
but of men ."
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Then Jesus told his disciples , "
If any man would come after me ,
let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me .
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For whoever would save his life will lose it ,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it .
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For what will it profit a man ,
if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life ?
Or what shall a man give in return for his life ?
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For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father ,
and then he will repay every man for what he has done .
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Truly ,
I say to you ,
there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom ."
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And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother ,
and led them up a high mountain apart .
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And he was transfigured before them ,
and his face shone like the sun ,
and his garments became white as light .
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And behold ,
there appeared to them Moses and Eli '
jah ,
talking with him .
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And Peter said to Jesus , "
Lord ,
it is well that we are here ;
if you wish ,
I will make three booths here ,
one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli '
jah ."
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He was still speaking ,
when lo ,
a bright cloud overshadowed them ,
and a voice from the cloud said , "
This is my beloved Son ,
with whom I am well pleased ;
listen to him ."
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When the disciples heard this ,
they fell on their faces ,
and were filled with awe .
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But Jesus came and touched them ,
saying , "
Rise ,
and have no fear ."
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And when they lifted up their eyes ,
they saw no one but Jesus only .
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And as they were coming down the mountain ,
Jesus commanded them , "
Tell no one the vision ,
until the Son of man is raised from the dead ."
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And the disciples asked him , "
Then why do the scribes say that first Eli '
jah must come ?"
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He replied , "
Eli '
jah does come ,
and he is to restore all things ;
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but I tell you that Eli '
jah has already come ,
and they did not know him ,
but did to him whatever they pleased .
So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands ."
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Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist .
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And when they came to the crowd ,
a man came up to him and kneeling before him said ,
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Lord ,
have mercy on my son ,
for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly ;
for often he falls into the fire ,
and often into the water .
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And I brought him to your disciples ,
and they could not heal him ."
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And Jesus answered , "
O faithless and perverse generation ,
how long am I to be with you ?
How long am I to bear with you ?
Bring him here to me ."
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And Jesus rebuked him ,
and the demon came out of him ,
and the boy was cured instantly .
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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said , "
Why could we not cast it out ?"
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He said to them , "
Because of your little faith .
For truly ,
I say to you ,
if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed ,
you will say to this mountain , `
Move from here to there ,'
and it will move ;
and nothing will be impossible to you ."
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As they were gathering in Galilee ,
Jesus said to them , "
The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men ,
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and they will kill him ,
and he will be raised on the third day ."
And they were greatly distressed .
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When they came to Caper '
na-um ,
the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said , "
Does not your teacher pay the tax ?"
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He said , "
Yes ."
And when he came home ,
Jesus spoke to him first ,
saying , "
What do you think ,
Simon ?
From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute ?
From their sons or from others ?"
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And when he said , "
From others ,"
Jesus said to him , "
Then the sons are free .
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However ,
not to give offense to them ,
go to the sea and cast a hook ,
and take the first fish that comes up ,
and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel ;
take that and give it to them for me and for yourself ."
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus ,
saying , "
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven ?"
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And calling to him a child ,
he put him in the midst of them ,
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and said , "
Truly ,
I say to you ,
unless you turn and become like children ,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .
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Whoever humbles himself like this child ,
he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven .
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Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me ;
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but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin ,
it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea .
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Woe to the world for temptations to sin !
For it is necessary that temptations come ,
but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes !
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And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin ,
cut it off and throw it away ;
it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire .
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And if your eye causes you to sin ,
pluck it out and throw it away ;
it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire .
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See that you do not despise one of these little ones ;
for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven .
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What do you think ?
If a man has a hundred sheep ,
and one of them has gone astray ,
does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray ?
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And if he finds it ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray .
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So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish .
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If your brother sins against you ,
go and tell him his fault ,
between you and him alone .
If he listens to you ,
you have gained your brother .
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But if he does not listen ,
take one or two others along with you ,
that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses .
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If he refuses to listen to them ,
tell it to the church ;
and if he refuses to listen even to the church ,
let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector .
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Truly ,
I say to you ,
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven .
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Again I say to you ,
if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask ,
it will be done for them by my Father in heaven .
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For where two or three are gathered in my name ,
there am I in the midst of them ."
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Then Peter came up and said to him , "
Lord ,
how often shall my brother sin against me ,
and I forgive him ?
As many as seven times ?"
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Jesus said to him , "
I do not say to you seven times ,
but seventy times seven .
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Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants .
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When he began the reckoning ,
one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents ;
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and as he could not pay ,
his lord ordered him to be sold ,
with his wife and children and all that he had ,
and payment to be made .
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So the servant fell on his knees ,
imploring him , `
Lord ,
have patience with me ,
and I will pay you everything .'
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And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt .
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But that same servant ,
as he went out ,
came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii ;
and seizing him by the throat he said , `
Pay what you owe .'
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So his fellow servant fell down and besought him , `
Have patience with me ,
and I will pay you .'
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He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt .
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When his fellow servants saw what had taken place ,
they were greatly distressed ,
and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place .
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Then his lord summoned him and said to him , `
You wicked servant !
I forgave you all that debt because you besought me ;
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and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant ,
as I had mercy on you ?'
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And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers ,
till he should pay all his debt .
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So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you ,
if you do not forgive your brother from your heart ."
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Now when Jesus had finished these sayings ,
he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan ;
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