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But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" [fn] They said to Him, "We are able."

So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; [fn] but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father."

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!"

And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' Isaiah 56:7 ">[fn] but you have made it a 'den of thieves.' " Jeremiah 7:11">[fn]

But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant

And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, "Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done.

But Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things:

But if we say, "From men,' we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet."

"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, "Son, go, work today in my vineyard.'

He answered and said, "I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.

Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, "I go, sir,' but he did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.

But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.

But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.