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“ You are a stumbling-block to Me, for you do not mind the things of God, but the things of men." 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wills to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me, 25 for whoever may will to save his life will lose it, and whoever may lose his life for My sake will find it; 26 for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life? ”

“ A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses. 9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, 10 for this is he of whom it has been written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You. 11 Truly I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, [one] greater than John the Immerser, but he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ”

“ Chapter 16 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, questioned Him, to show to them a sign from Heaven, 2 and He answering said to them, "Evening having come, you say, Fair weather, for the sky is red, 3 and at morning, Foul weather today, for the sky is red—gloomy; hypocrites, you indeed know to discern the face of the sky, but the signs of the times you are not able! 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet" ”

“ First cleanse the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them may also become clean. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like to whitewashed graves, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness; 28 so also you outwardly indeed appear to men righteous, and within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ”

“ Is your eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen." 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way and said to them, 18 "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, 19 and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day He will rise again." ”

“ To say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise and walk? 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on the earth to forgive sins— (then He says to the paralytic) —Having risen, take up your bed, and go to your house." 7 And he, having risen, went to his house, 8 and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who gave such power to men. 9 And Jesus passing on from there saw a man sitting at the tax office named Matthew, and says to him, "Follow Me," and he, having risen, followed Him. ”

“ You will love your neighbor, and will hate your enemy; 44 but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on evil and good, and He sends rain on righteous and unrighteous. ”

“ How are you able to speak good things—being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart puts forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure puts forth evil things. 36 And I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give for it a reckoning in [the] day of judgment; 37 for from your words you will be declared righteous, and from your words you will be declared unrighteous." 38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we will to see a sign from You." ”

“ They say to Him, "Yes, Lord." 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you," 30 and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See, let no one know"; 31 but they, having gone forth, spread His fame in all that land. 32 And as they are coming forth, behold, they brought to Him a man mute, a demoniac, 33 and the demon having been cast out, the mute spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying that "It was never so seen in Israel," 34 but the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons." ”

“ Chapter 25 1 "Then will the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; 2 and five of them were prudent, and five foolish; 3 they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil; 4 and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. 5 And the bridegroom lingering, they all nodded and were sleeping, 6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go forth to meet him! ”

“ It is good for nothing from now on, except to be cast outside, and to be trodden down by men. 14 You are the light of the world, a city set on a mountain is not able to be hid; 15 nor do they light a lamp and put it under the measure, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all those in the house; 16 so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens. ”

“ Chapter 15 1 Then they come to Jesus from Jerusalem—scribes and Pharisees—saying, 2 "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread." ”

“ Or figs from thistles? 17 So every good tree yields good fruits, but the bad tree yields evil fruits. 18 A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits. 19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast into fire: 20 therefore from their fruits you will know them. 21 Not everyone who is saying to Me, Lord, Lord, will come into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is doing the will of My Father who is in the heavens. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your Name? And in Your Name cast out demons? ”

“ Because of this they will be your judges. 28 But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the Kingdom of God has already come to you. 29 Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to snatch his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? ”

“ Chapter 23 1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to His disciples, 2 saying, "On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; 3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not do, for they say, and do not do; 4 for they bind together burdens [too] heavy and grievous to bear, and lay [them] on the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them. ”

“ Chapter 4 1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, 2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He hungered. 3 And the tempting [one] , having come to Him, said, "If You are the Son of God—speak that these stones may become loaves." 4 But He answering said, "It has been written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word coming forth from the mouth of God." ”

“ Because you build the graves of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. ”

“ I did not come to put peace, but a sword; 35 for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 36 and the enemies of a man are those of his household. 37 He who is cherishing father or mother above Me, is not worthy of Me, and he who is cherishing son or daughter above Me, is not worthy of Me, 38 and whoever does not receive his cross and follow after Me, is not worthy of Me. ”

“ From Heaven, or from men?" And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, "If we should say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why, then, did you not believe him? 26 And if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet." 27 And answering Jesus they said, "We have not known." He said to them—He also, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 And what do you think? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, today be working in my vineyard. ”

“ What do these witness against You?" 63 And Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to Him, "I adjure You, by the living God, that You may say to us if You are the Christ—the Son of God." 64 Jesus says to him, "You have said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of Heaven." 65 Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, "He has slandered; what need have we yet of witnesses? Behold, now you heard His slander; 66 what do you think?" And they answering said, "He is worthy of death." ”

“ You will not tempt the LORD your God." 8 Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and says to Him, "All these I will give to You, if falling down You may worship me." ”

“ You will worship the LORD your God, and Him only will you serve." 11 Then the Devil leaves Him, and behold, messengers came and were ministering to Him. 12 And Jesus, having heard that John was delivered up, withdrew to Galilee, 13 and having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! ”

“ From where then does it have the darnel? 28 And he says to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Will you, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up? 29 And he said, No, lest—gathering up the darnel—you root up with it the wheat; 30 permit both to grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse. ”

“ Chapter 17 1 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and his brother John, and brings them up to a high mountain by themselves, 2 and He was transfigured before them, and His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light, 3 and behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking together with Him. 4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good to us to be here ”

“ And David the king begot Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah's, 7 and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa, 8 and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah, 11 and Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers, at the Babylonian removal. ”

“ Chapter 1 1 [The] scroll of the birth of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram, 4 and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, 5 and Salmon begot Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed of Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse, 6 and Jesse begot David the king. ”