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So Peter said to him, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

When the disciples heard the voice, they were so afraid that they fell flat on the ground.

But we don't want to cause trouble. So go cast a line into the lake and pull out the first fish you hook. Open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Use it to pay your taxes and mine."

As the official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him a hundred silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, "Pay me what you owe!"

The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed.

Jesus replied, "You are so heartless! That's why Moses allowed you to divorce your wife. But from the beginning God did not intend it to be that way.

Some people are unable to marry because of birth defects or because of what someone has done to their bodies. Others stay single for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Anyone who can accept this teaching should do so."

Some people brought their children to Jesus, so that he could place his hands on them and pray for them. His disciples told the people to stop bothering him.

Jesus answered: Yes, all of you have become my followers. And so in the future world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, I promise that you will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

So they went. At noon and again about three in the afternoon he returned to the market. And each time he made the same agreement with others who were loafing around with nothing to do.

Jesus then said, "So it is. Everyone who is now first will be last, and everyone who is last will be first."

So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said,

and along the way he saw a fig tree. But when he came to it, he found only leaves and no figs. So he told the tree, "You will never again grow any fruit!" Right then the fig tree dried up.

So they told Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do."

So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.

This made the king so furious that he sent an army to kill those murderers and burn down their city.

So the king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.

His answer surprised them so much that they walked away.

The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So that same day some of the Sadducees came to Jesus and said: