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Indeed, what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi,Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher">[fn] it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelterstents">[fn] - one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

(PeterHe">[fn] didn't know how to respond, for they were terrified.)

Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' Everything is possible for the person who believes!"Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:6; John 11:40;">[xr]

for he was teaching his disciples and saying to them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three days he will be raised."Matthew 17:22; Luke 9:44;">[xr]

But they kept silent, for on the road they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

But Jesus said, "Don't stop him! For no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.1 Corinthians 12:3;">[xr]

For whoever is not against us is for us.Matthew 12:30;">[xr]

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:1;">[xr]

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell,Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom">[fn] to the fire that cannot be put out.Deuteronomy 13:6; Matthew 5:29; 18:8;">[xr]

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom">[fn]

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom">[fn]

For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.and every sacrifice will be salted with salt">[fn]Leviticus 2:13; Ezekiel 43:24;">[xr]

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"Matthew 19:3;">[xr]

But Jesus said to them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away. For the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Peter 2:2;">[xr]

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except for one - God.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!"Matthew 19:23; Luke 18:24;">[xr]

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]

It is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."