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Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will God's kingdom come?" Jesus answered, "God's kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you can see it.

Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.

But first, the Son of Man must suffer many things. The people of today will refuse to accept him.

"Whoever tries to keep the life they have will lose it. But whoever gives up their life will save it.

But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don't care about God. And I don't care about what people think.

But this woman is bothering me. If I give her what she wants, then she will leave me alone. But if I don't give her what she wants, she will bother me until I am sick.'"

I tell you, God will help his people quickly. But when the Son of Man comes again, will he find people on earth who believe in him?"

"The tax collector stood alone too. But when he prayed, he would not even look up to heaven. He felt very humble before God. He said, ‘O God, have mercy on me. I am a sinner!'

I tell you, when this man finished his prayer and went home, he was right with God. But the Pharisee, who felt that he was better than others, was not right with God. People who make themselves important will be made humble. But those who make themselves humble will be made important."

Some people brought their small children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them to bless them. But when the followers saw this, they told the people not to do this.

But Jesus called the little children to him and said to his followers, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because God's kingdom belongs to people who are like these little children.

But the leader said, "I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy."

When Jesus heard this, he said to the leader, "But there is still one thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give the money to those who are poor. You will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me."

But when the man heard Jesus tell him to give away his money, he was sad. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich.

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

The apostles tried to understand this, but they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.

The people who were in front leading the group criticized the blind man. They told him to be quiet. But he shouted more and more, "Son of David, please help me!"

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. They sent a group to follow him to the other country. There they said, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.'

"But the man was made king. When he came home, he said, ‘Call those servants who have my money. I want to know how much more money they earned with it.'

"The men said to the king, ‘But sir, that servant already has ten bags of money.'