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Therefore, he who is not against you is for you.

For whoever gives you to drink even a cup of water only, because you represent the name of Christ, truly I say to you that his reward shall not be lost.

And whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it were better for him that an ass'' mill stone were hanged on his neck and then he were thrown into the sea.

If your hand offends you, cut it off; it is much better for you to go through life maimed, than to have two hands and go to Gehenna,

And if your foot offends you, cut it off; it is much better for you to go through life lame, than to have two feet, and fall into Gehenna,

And if your eye offends you, remove it; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and fall into the Gehenna of fire,

For everything will be salted on fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.

And the Pharisees came up to him, tempting him and asking, Is it lawful for a man to desert his wife?

Jesus answered and said to them, It was because of the hardness of your heart, that he wrote for you this particular law.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and follow his wife.

But when Jesus saw it, he was displeased, and he said to them, Allow the little boys to come to me, and do not forbid them; for the kingdom of God is for such as these.

But he felt sad because of this saying, and he went away depressed; for he had great wealth.

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said to them, How hard it is for those who have wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God!

But the disciples were surprised at his words. And Jesus answered again and said to them, My sons, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a rope to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus looked at them, and said to them, With men this is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God.

Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who leaves houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake and for the sake of my gospel,

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask.

He said to them, What do you wish me to do for you?

But to sit at my right and at my left, that is not mine to give; except to those for whom it is prepared.