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Whoever receives a little child because of Me receives Me.

"It is bad for the world because of that which makes people sin. Men will be tempted to sin. But it is bad for the one who is the reason for someone to sin.

Then the king called for the first one. He said, ‘You bad servant! I forgave you. I said that you would not have to pay back any of the money you owed me because you asked me.

Jesus said to them, "Because of your hard hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. It was not like that from the beginning.

For there are some men who from birth will never be able to have children. There are some men who have been made so by men. There are some men who have had themselves made that way because of the holy nation of heaven. The one who is able to do this, let him do it."

Everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands because of Me, will get a hundred times more. And you will get life that lasts forever.

They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.' He said, ‘Go to my grape-field and work. Whatever is right, I will pay you.'

Do I not have the right to do what I want to do with my own money? Does your eye make you want more because I am good?'

But if we say, ‘From men,' we are afraid of the people, because they all think John was one who spoke for God."

I say to you, because of this, the holy nation of God will be taken from you. It will be given to a nation that will give fruit.

Jesus said to them, "You are wrong because you do not know the Holy Writings or the power of God.

It is bad for you, teachers of the Law and proud religious law-keepers, you who pretend to be someone you are not! (*You take houses from poor women whose husbands have died. Then you try to cover it up by making long prayers. You will be punished all the more because of this.)

"Because of this, I am going to keep on sending to you men who speak for God and wise men and teachers of the Law. Some of them you will kill and nail to a cross. Some of them you will beat in your places of worship. You will make it very hard for them as they go from city to city.

Because of this, you will be guilty of the blood of all those right with God on the earth. It will be from the blood of Abel who was right with God to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachias. He was the one you killed between the house of God and the altar.

"Then they will hand you over to be hurt. They will kill you. You will be hated by all the world because of My name.

Because of people breaking the laws and sin being everywhere, the love in the hearts of many people will become cold.

If the time had not been made short, no life would have been saved. Because of God's people, the time will be made short.

"Because of this, watch! You do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

They all went to sleep because the man to be married did not come for a long time.

The foolish women said to the wise women, ‘Give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.'