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The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealthfor those who trust in their wealth">[fn] to get into the kingdom of God!Job 1:31:24; Psalm 52:7; 62:10; 1 Timothy 6:17;">[xr]

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God."Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37;">[xr]

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."Matthew 19:30; 20:16; Luke 13:30;">[xr]

and they will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he will be raised."

But Jesus told them, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from or be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized?"

But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."Matthew 20:28; John 13:14; Philippians 2:7; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 2:14;">[xr]

Many people sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Then he began to teach them, saying, "It is written, is it not, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'?Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11">[fn] But you have turned it into a hideoutcave">[fn] for bandits!"Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11;">[xr]

Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.Matthew 17:20; 21:21; Luke 17:6;">[xr]

But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins."[fn]Matthew 18:35;">[xr]

But if we say, 'From humans'?" For they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.Matthew 3:5; 14:5; Mark 6:20;">[xr]

But the farmersthey">[fn] grabbed the servant,him">[fn] beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

But those farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.Matthew 21:45-46; Mark 11:18; John 7:25,30, 44;">[xr]

But Jesushe">[fn] recognized their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me see it."

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.Deuteronomy 25:5-6">[fn]Deuteronomy 25:5;">[xr]

For when peoplethey">[fn] rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.1 Corinthians 15:42,49, 52;">[xr]

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"

For all of them contributed out of their surplus, but she, in her poverty, has dropped in everything she had to live on."Deuteronomy 24:6; 1 John 3:17;">[xr]