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John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to hinder him because he was not following us."

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name because you are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote for you this commandment.

And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

And Jesus *said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.'

For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him over because of envy.

And when evening had already come, because it was Preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

Because of the tender mercy of our God,With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the guest room.

But when Herod the tetrarch was reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,And recovery of sight to the blind,To set free those who are oppressed,

And demons also were coming out of many, shouting and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But rebuking them, He was not allowing them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken,

But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

And other seed fell on rock and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.