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"When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.

And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

But Peter denied it again. A little later some of the other bystanders confronted Peter and said, "You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean."

The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened. [The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.] [Shorter Ending of Mark] Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen.

Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.

They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.

You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said."

"Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people.

"And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord.

Because of God's tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,

And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David's ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.

because they assumed he was among the other travelers. But when he didn't show up that evening, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

"I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them," the devil said, "because they are mine to give to anyone I please.

Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak.

But he replied, "I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent."

but they couldn't reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.

What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.

It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.