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Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

"Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will."

But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

His disciples answered, "You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, 'Who touched Me?'"

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John's words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

"Abba, Father," He said, "all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will."

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed-only Naaman the Syrian."

Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.'

I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man's persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouse or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.