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Jesus looked at them and said, "That is something people cannot do, but God can. He can do anything."

will get a hundred times more than they left. Here in this world they will get more homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and farms. And with these things they will have persecutions. But in the world that is coming they will also get the reward of eternal life.

who will laugh at him and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again."

But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he chooses."

But it should not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be your leader must be your servant.

Many people criticized the blind man and told him to be quiet. But he shouted more and more, "Son of David, please help me!"

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.

He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs to grow.

Then Jesus began teaching the people and said, "It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.' But you have changed it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.'"

But we can't say that John's baptism was from someone else." (These leaders were afraid of the people, because the people believed that John was a prophet.)

But the farmers grabbed the servant and beat him. They sent him away with nothing.

"The man had only one person left to send to the farmers. It was his son. He loved his son, but he decided to send him. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.'

"But the farmers said to each other, ‘This is the owner's son, and this vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.'

When these Jewish leaders heard this story, they knew it was about them. They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of what the crowd would do. So they left him and went away.

But Jesus knew that these men were really trying to trick him. He said, "Why are you trying to catch me saying something wrong? Bring me a silver coin. Let me see it."

There were seven brothers. The first brother married but died. He had no children.

So the second brother married the woman. But he also died and had no children. The same thing happened with the third brother.

But all seven brothers had married her. So at the time when people rise from death, whose wife will she be?"

But they cheat widows and take their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish them very much."

Jesus called his followers to him and said, "This poor widow put in only two small coins. But the truth is, she gave more than all those rich people.