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The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came ,
and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven .
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He answered and said unto them ,
When it is evening ,
ye say ,
It will be fair weather :
for the sky is red .
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And in the morning ,
It will be foul weather to day :
for the sky is red and lowring .
O ye hypocrites ,
ye can discern the face of the sky ;
but can ye not discern the signs of the times ?
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A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ;
and there shall no sign be given unto it ,
but the sign of the prophet Jonas .
And he left them ,
and departed .
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And when his disciples were come to the other side ,
they had forgotten to take bread .
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Then Jesus said unto them ,
Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees .
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And they reasoned among themselves ,
saying ,
It is because we have taken no bread .
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Which when Jesus perceived ,
he said unto them ,
O ye of little faith ,
why reason ye among yourselves ,
because ye have brought no bread ?
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Do ye not yet understand ,
neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand ,
and how many baskets ye took up ?
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Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand ,
and how many baskets ye took up ?
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How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread ,
that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ?
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Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread ,
but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees .
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When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi ,
he asked his disciples ,
saying ,
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am ?
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And they said ,
Some say that thou art John the Baptist :
some ,
Elias ;
and others ,
Jeremias ,
or one of the prophets .
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He saith unto them ,
But whom say ye that I am ?
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And Simon Peter answered and said ,
Thou art the Christ ,
the Son of the living God .
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And Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Blessed art thou ,
Simon Barjona :
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee ,
but my Father which is in heaven .
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And I say also unto thee ,
That thou art Peter ,
and upon this rock I will build my church ;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it .
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And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven :
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven :
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven .
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Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ .
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From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples ,
how that he must go unto Jerusalem ,
and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes ,
and be killed ,
and be raised again the third day .
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Then Peter took him ,
and began to rebuke him ,
saying ,
Be it far from thee ,
Lord :
this shall not be unto thee .
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But he turned ,
and said unto Peter ,
Get thee behind me ,
Satan :
thou art an offence unto me :
for thou savourest not the things that be of God ,
but those that be of men .
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Then said Jesus unto his disciples ,
If any man will come after me ,
let him deny himself ,
and take up his cross ,
and follow me .
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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it :
and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it .
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For what is a man profited ,
if he shall gain the whole world ,
and lose his own soul ?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
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For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels ;
and then he shall reward every man according to his works .
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Verily I say unto you ,
There be some standing here ,
which shall not taste of death ,
till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom .
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And after six days Jesus taketh Peter ,
James ,
and John his brother ,
and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart ,
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And was transfigured before them :
and his face did shine as the sun ,
and his raiment was white as the light .
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And ,
behold ,
there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him .
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Then answered Peter ,
and said unto Jesus ,
Lord ,
it is good for us to be here :
if thou wilt ,
let us make here three tabernacles ;
one for thee ,
and one for Moses ,
and one for Elias .
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While he yet spake ,
behold ,
a bright cloud overshadowed them :
and behold a voice out of the cloud ,
which said ,
This is my beloved Son ,
in whom I am well pleased ;
hear ye him .
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And when the disciples heard it ,
they fell on their face ,
and were sore afraid .
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And Jesus came and touched them ,
and said ,
Arise ,
and be not afraid .
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And when they had lifted up their eyes ,
they saw no man ,
save Jesus only .
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And as they came down from the mountain ,
Jesus charged them ,
saying ,
Tell the vision to no man ,
until the Son of man be risen again from the dead .
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And his disciples asked him ,
saying ,
Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come ?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them ,
Elias truly shall first come ,
and restore all things .
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But I say unto you ,
That Elias is come already ,
and they knew him not ,
but have done unto him whatsoever they listed .
Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them .
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Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist .
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And when they were come to the multitude ,
there came to him a certain man ,
kneeling down to him ,
and saying ,
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Lord ,
have mercy on my son :
for he is lunatick ,
and sore vexed :
for ofttimes he falleth into the fire ,
and oft into the water .
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And I brought him to thy disciples ,
and they could not cure him .
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Then Jesus answered and said ,
O faithless and perverse generation ,
how long shall I be with you ?
how long shall I suffer you ?
bring him hither to me .
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And Jesus rebuked the devil ;
and he departed out of him :
and the child was cured from that very hour .
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Then came the disciples to Jesus apart ,
and said ,
Why could not we cast him out ?
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And Jesus said unto them ,
Because of your unbelief :
for verily I say unto you ,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ,
ye shall say unto this mountain ,
Remove hence to yonder place ;
and it shall remove ;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you .
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Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting .
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And while they abode in Galilee ,
Jesus said unto them ,
The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men :
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And they shall kill him ,
and the third day he shall be raised again .
And they were exceeding sorry .
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And when they were come to Capernaum ,
they that received tribute money came to Peter ,
and said ,
Doth not your master pay tribute ?
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He saith ,
Yes .
And when he was come into the house ,
Jesus prevented him ,
saying ,
What thinkest thou ,
Simon ?
of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ?
of their own children ,
or of strangers ?
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Peter saith unto him ,
Of strangers .
Jesus saith unto him ,
Then are the children free .
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Notwithstanding ,
lest we should offend them ,
go thou to the sea ,
and cast an hook ,
and take up the fish that first cometh up ;
and when thou hast opened his mouth ,
thou shalt find a piece of money :
that take ,
and give unto them for me and thee .
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At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus ,
saying ,
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven ?
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And Jesus called a little child unto him ,
and set him in the midst of them ,
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And said ,
Verily I say unto you ,
Except ye be converted ,
and become as little children ,
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven .
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Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child ,
the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven .
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And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me .
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But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me ,
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck ,
and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea .
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Woe unto the world because of offences !
for it must needs be that offences come ;
but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh !
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Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee ,
cut them off ,
and cast them from thee :
it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed ,
rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire .
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And if thine eye offend thee ,
pluck it out ,
and cast it from thee :
it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye ,
rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire .
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ;
for I say unto you ,
That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven .
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For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost .
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How think ye ?
if a man have an hundred sheep ,
and one of them be gone astray ,
doth he not leave the ninety and nine ,
and goeth into the mountains ,
and seeketh that which is gone astray ?
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And if so be that he find it ,
verily I say unto you ,
he rejoiceth more of that sheep ,
than of the ninety and nine which went not astray .
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Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven ,
that one of these little ones should perish .
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Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee ,
go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone :
if he shall hear thee ,
thou hast gained thy brother .
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But if he will not hear thee ,
then take with thee one or two more ,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established .
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And if he shall neglect to hear them ,
tell it unto the church :
but if he neglect to hear the church ,
let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican .
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Verily I say unto you ,
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven :
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven .
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Again I say unto you ,
That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask ,
it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven .
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For where two or three are gathered together in my name ,
there am I in the midst of them .
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Then came Peter to him ,
and said ,
Lord ,
how oft shall my brother sin against me ,
and I forgive him ?
till seven times ?
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Jesus saith unto him ,
I say not unto thee ,
Until seven times :
but ,
Until seventy times seven .
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Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king ,
which would take account of his servants .
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And when he had begun to reckon ,
one was brought unto him ,
which owed him ten thousand talents .
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But forasmuch as he had not to pay ,
his lord commanded him to be sold ,
and his wife ,
and children ,
and all that he had ,
and payment to be made .
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The servant therefore fell down ,
and worshipped him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
have patience with me ,
and I will pay thee all .
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Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion ,
and loosed him ,
and forgave him the debt .
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But the same servant went out ,
and found one of his fellowservants ,
which owed him an hundred pence :
and he laid hands on him ,
and took him by the throat ,
saying ,
Pay me that thou owest .
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And his fellowservant fell down at his feet ,
and besought him ,
saying ,
Have patience with me ,
and I will pay thee all .
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And he would not :
but went and cast him into prison ,
till he should pay the debt .
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So when his fellowservants saw what was done ,
they were very sorry ,
and came and told unto their lord all that was done .
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Then his lord ,
after that he had called him ,
said unto him ,
O thou wicked servant ,
I forgave thee all that debt ,
because thou desiredst me :
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Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant ,
even as I had pity on thee ?
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And his lord was wroth ,
and delivered him to the tormentors ,
till he should pay all that was due unto him .
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So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you ,
if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses .
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And it came to pass ,
that when Jesus had finished these sayings ,
he departed from Galilee ,
and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan ;
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And great multitudes followed him ;
and he healed them there .
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The Pharisees also came unto him ,
tempting him ,
and saying unto him ,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause ?
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And he answered and said unto them ,
Have ye not read ,
that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female ,
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And said ,
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother ,
and shall cleave to his wife :
and they twain shall be one flesh ?
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Wherefore they are no more twain ,
but one flesh .
What therefore God hath joined together ,
let not man put asunder .
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They say unto him ,
Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement ,
and to put her away ?
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He saith unto them ,
Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives :
but from the beginning it was not so .
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And I say unto you ,
Whosoever shall put away his wife ,
except it be for fornication ,
and shall marry another ,
committeth adultery :
and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery .
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His disciples say unto him ,
If the case of the man be so with his wife ,
it is not good to marry .
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But he said unto them ,
All men cannot receive this saying ,
save they to whom it is given .
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For there are some eunuchs ,
which were so born from their mother '
s womb :
and there are some eunuchs ,
which were made eunuchs of men :
and there be eunuchs ,
which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven '
s sake .
He that is able to receive it ,
let him receive it .
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Then were there brought unto him little children ,
that he should put his hands on them ,
and pray :
and the disciples rebuked them .
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But Jesus said ,
Suffer little children ,
and forbid them not ,
to come unto me :
for of such is the kingdom of heaven .
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And he laid his hands on them ,
and departed thence .
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And ,
behold ,
one came and said unto him ,
Good Master ,
what good thing shall I do ,
that I may have eternal life ?
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And he said unto him ,
Why callest thou me good ?
there is none good but one ,
that is ,
God :
but if thou wilt enter into life ,
keep the commandments .
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He saith unto him ,
Which ?
Jesus said ,
Thou shalt do no murder ,
Thou shalt not commit adultery ,
Thou shalt not steal ,
Thou shalt not bear false witness ,
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Honour thy father and thy mother :
and ,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself .
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The young man saith unto him ,
All these things have I kept from my youth up :
what lack I yet ?
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Jesus said unto him ,
If thou wilt be perfect ,
go and sell that thou hast ,
and give to the poor ,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven :
and come and follow me .
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But when the young man heard that saying ,
he went away sorrowful :
for he had great possessions .
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Then said Jesus unto his disciples ,
Verily I say unto you ,
That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven .
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And again I say unto you ,
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle ,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God .
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When his disciples heard it ,
they were exceedingly amazed ,
saying ,
Who then can be saved ?
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But Jesus beheld them ,
and said unto them ,
With men this is impossible ;
but with God all things are possible .
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Then answered Peter and said unto him ,
Behold ,
we have forsaken all ,
and followed thee ;
what shall we have therefore ?
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And Jesus said unto them ,
Verily I say unto you ,
That ye which have followed me ,
in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones ,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel .
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And every one that hath forsaken houses ,
or brethren ,
or sisters ,
or father ,
or mother ,
or wife ,
or children ,
or lands ,
for my name '
s sake ,
shall receive an hundredfold ,
and shall inherit everlasting life .
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But many that are first shall be last ;
and the last shall be first .
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For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder ,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard .
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And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day ,
he sent them into his vineyard .
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And he went out about the third hour ,
and saw others standing idle in the marketplace ,
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And said unto them ;
Go ye also into the vineyard ,
and whatsoever is right I will give you .
And they went their way .
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Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour ,
and did likewise .
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And about the eleventh hour he went out ,
and found others standing idle ,
and saith unto them ,
Why stand ye here all the day idle ?
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They say unto him ,
Because no man hath hired us .
He saith unto them ,
Go ye also into the vineyard ;
and whatsoever is right ,
that shall ye receive .
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So when even was come ,
the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward ,
Call the labourers ,
and give them their hire ,
beginning from the last unto the first .
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And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour ,
they received every man a penny .
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But when the first came ,
they supposed that they should have received more ;
and they likewise received every man a penny .
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And when they had received it ,
they murmured against the goodman of the house ,
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Saying ,
These last have wrought but one hour ,
and thou hast made them equal unto us ,
which have borne the burden and heat of the day .
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But he answered one of them ,
and said ,
Friend ,
I do thee no wrong :
didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?
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Take that thine is ,
and go thy way :
I will give unto this last ,
even as unto thee .
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ?
Is thine eye evil ,
because I am good ?
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So the last shall be first ,
and the first last :
for many be called ,
but few chosen .
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way ,
and said unto them ,
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Behold ,
we go up to Jerusalem ;
and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes ,
and they shall condemn him to death ,
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And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock ,
and to scourge ,
and to crucify him :
and the third day he shall rise again .
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Then came to him the mother of Zebedee '
s children with her sons ,
worshipping him ,
and desiring a certain thing of him .
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And he said unto her ,
What wilt thou ?
She saith unto him ,
Grant that these my two sons may sit ,
the one on thy right hand ,
and the other on the left ,
in thy kingdom .
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But Jesus answered and said ,
Ye know not what ye ask .
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of ,
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ?
They say unto him ,
We are able .
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And he saith unto them ,
Ye shall drink indeed of my cup ,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with :
but to sit on my right hand ,
and on my left ,
is not mine to give ,
but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father .
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And when the ten heard it ,
they were moved with indignation against the two brethren .
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But Jesus called them unto him ,
and said ,
Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them ,
and they that are great exercise authority upon them .
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But it shall not be so among you :
but whosoever will be great among you ,
let him be your minister ;
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And whosoever will be chief among you ,
let him be your servant :
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Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto ,
but to minister ,
and to give his life a ransom for many .
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And as they departed from Jericho ,
a great multitude followed him .
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And ,
behold ,
two blind men sitting by the way side ,
when they heard that Jesus passed by ,
cried out ,
saying ,
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
thou Son of David .
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And the multitude rebuked them ,
because they should hold their peace :
but they cried the more ,
saying ,
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
thou Son of David .
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And Jesus stood still ,
and called them ,
and said ,
What will ye that I shall do unto you ?
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They say unto him ,
Lord ,
that our eyes may be opened .
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So Jesus had compassion on them ,
and touched their eyes :
and immediately their eyes received sight ,
and they followed him .
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem ,
and were come to Bethphage ,
unto the mount of Olives ,
then sent Jesus two disciples ,