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But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

I'll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"

And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

"He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven't been unfair! Didn't you agree to work all day for the usual wage?

Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?'

Jesus told them, "You will indeed drink from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. My Father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen."

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many."

When Jesus heard them, he stopped and called, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly they could see! Then they followed him.

Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, "Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord ! Praise God in highest heaven!"

Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, "Praise God for the Son of David." But the leaders were indignant.

They asked Jesus, "Do you hear what these children are saying?" "Yes," Jesus replied. "Haven't you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.'"

You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it."

For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn't believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.

"Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.

"But when the tenant farmers saw his son coming, they said to one another, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Come on, let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!'