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they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have not brought any bread."

Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary; you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's."

"Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

At once his master called him and said, "`Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:

"`Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "`You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

"At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.

and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;

When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."

Then He cured numbers of people who were ill with various diseases, and He drove out many demons; not allowing the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."

For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.