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Perushim came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

But Yeshua said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this mitzvah.

For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

But when Yeshua saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for to such belong the kingdom of God.

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

Yeshua looked around, and said to his talmidim, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!"

The talmidim were amazed at his words. But Yeshua answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Yeshua, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

Yeshua said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Good News's sake,

Ya`akov and Yochanan, the sons of Zavdai, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

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

Yeshua answered him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabbani, that I may see again."

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"

The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens; he shall have whatever he says.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.