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"Why then," they asked, "did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"

So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.'

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"

"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked. "Yes," Jesus answered, "have you never read: 'From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise'?"

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. "By what authority are You doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave You this authority?"

What was the source of John's baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?" They deliberated among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

So they answered, "We do not know." And Jesus replied, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

Which of the two did the will of his father?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.'

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they declared, "and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time."