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But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

“And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.”

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know it.

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you season it?

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

But from the beginning

People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.

But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

But it is not so among you.

Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!”

Seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.