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But the servant did not have enough money to pay his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant's wife and children. Then the money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

"But the servant fell on his knees and begged, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything I owe.'

"But the first servant refused to be patient. He threw the other servant into prison until he could pay everything he owed.

So there are not two, but one. God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them."

Jesus answered, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God's teaching, but divorce was not allowed in the beginning.

Jesus answered, "Not everyone can accept this teaching, but God has made some able to accept it.

There are different reasons why some men cannot marry. Some men were born without the ability to become fathers. Others were made that way later in life by other people. And some men have given up marriage because of the kingdom of heaven. But the person who can marry should accept this teaching about marriage."

but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people who are like these children."

Jesus answered, "Why do you ask me about what is good? Only God is good. But if you want to have life forever, obey the commands."

But when the young man heard this, he left sorrowfully, because he was rich.

Jesus looked at them and said, "For people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

When the workers who were hired first came to get their pay, they thought they would be paid more than the others. But each one of them also received one coin.

They said, ‘Those people were hired last and worked only one hour. But you paid them the same as you paid us who worked hard all day in the hot sun.'

But the man who owned the vineyard said to one of those workers, ‘Friend, I am being fair to you. You agreed to work for one coin.

They will give the Son of Man to the non-Jewish people to laugh at him and beat him with whips and crucify him. But on the third day, he will be raised to life again."

But Jesus said, "You don't understand what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" The sons answered, "Yes, we can."

Jesus said to them, "You will drink from my cup. But I cannot choose who will sit at my right or my left; those places belong to those for whom my Father has prepared them."

But it should not be that way among you. Whoever wants to become great among you must serve the rest of you like a servant.

The people warned the blind men to be quiet, but they shouted even more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

Jesus said to all the people there, "It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house for prayer.' But you are changing it into a ‘hideout for robbers.'"