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because I was afraid of you, for you're a tough man: you collect what you didn't deposit and reap what you didn't sow.'

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

But if we say, ‘From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him."

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name,

because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near!"

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.

[Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing." ] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

We are punished justly, because we're getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong."

because the sun's light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

But they urged Him: "Stay with us, because it's almost evening, and now the day is almost over." So He went in to stay with them.

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have."