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But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "I will give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times more."

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So they sent a group to follow him and say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.'

"But the man became king. When he returned home, he said, ‘Call those servants who have my money so I can know how much they earned with it.'

They said, ‘But sir, that servant already has ten coins.'

The king said, ‘Those who have will be given more, but those who do not have anything will have everything taken away from them.

But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if my followers didn't say these things, then the stones would cry out."

saying, "I wish you knew today what would bring you peace. But now it is hidden from you.

He said, "It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be a house for prayer.' But you have changed it into a ‘hideout for robbers'!"

But they did not know how they could do it, because all the people were listening closely to him.

But if we say, ‘It was from other people,' all the people will stone us to death, because they believe John was a prophet."

When it was time for the grapes to be picked, he sent a servant to the farmers to get some of the grapes. But they beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

But when the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This son will inherit the vineyard. If we kill him, it will be ours.'

But Jesus looked at them and said, "Then what does this verse mean: ‘The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone'? Psalm 118:22

The teachers of the law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus at once, because they knew the story was about them. But they were afraid of what the people would do.

But Jesus, knowing they were trying to trick him, said,

They asked, "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, then that man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.

Once there were seven brothers. The first brother married and died, but had no children.

But those who will be worthy to be raised from the dead and live again will not marry, nor will they be given to someone to marry.

But they cheat widows and steal their houses and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. They will receive a greater punishment."

They gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had to live on."