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And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican.

And the publican stood afar off, and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, and said: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

Verily I say to you, That he who shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, will not enter it.

Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me, good? For, there is none good, except one; God.

And when Jesus saw that he was dejected, he said: How difficult [fn] , for those that have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than a rich man the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said: Those things which, with men, cannot be, with God, can be.

Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you: There is no man, who hath left houses, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

And immediately he saw. And he followed after him, and glorified God. And all the people who beheld, gave glory to God.

And when they heard these things, he proceeded to utter a similitude; because he was near to Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was to be soon developed.

And when he came near to the descent of the place of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen.

And they questioned him, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest correctly, and hast no respect of persons, but teachest the way of God in truth.

Jesus said to them: Then, give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.

Neither can they die any more; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, because they are children of the resurrection.

But that the dead will arise, even Moses showed; for, at the bush, he maketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

38 Now God is not [fn] of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him.

For all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed.

So also, when ye shall see all these things take place, know ye that the kingdom of God is near.

For I say to you, That henceforth I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

For I say to you, That I shall not drink of the product of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. ‡1 ]