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"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.Matthew 5:29-30; Mark 9:43,45;">[xr]

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellGehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom">[fn] fire.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you, their angels in heaven always see the face of[fn] my Father in heaven.

For the Son of Man came to save the lost."[fn]Esther 1:14; Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 13:7; Luke 1:19; Hebrews 1:14;">[xr]

"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, he leaves the ninety-nine in the hills and goes to look for the one that has strayed, doesn't he?Luke 15:4;">[xr]

Furthermore, truly I tell you that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.Matthew 5:24; 1 John 3:22; 5:14;">[xr]

For where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

Then his master sent for him and said to him, 'You evil servant! I canceled that entire debt for you because you begged me.

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a manfor a man">[fn] to divorce his wife for any reason?"

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery">[fn]Matthew 5:32; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11;">[xr]

For some men are celibate from birth,from the mother's womb">[fn] while others are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."1 Corinthians 7:32,34;">[xr]

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these."Matthew 18:3;">[xr]

JesusHe">[fn] said to him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good.Why do you call me good? No one is good except for one—God">[fn] If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 13:22; Mark 10:24; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Timothy 6:9-10;">[xr]

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."Genesis 18:14; Job 1:42:2; Jeremiah 32:17; Zechariah 8:6; Luke 1:37; 18:27;">[xr]

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

After agreeing with the workers for one denarius[fn] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But he said to one of them, 'Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you?

In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen."For many are called, but few are chosen">[fn]Matthew 19:30; 22:14;">[xr]