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But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."

but I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as they wished. The Son of Man is also going to suffer at their hands."

"But this kind of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

"Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!

"But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that EVERY WORD MAY BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.

Jesus answered him, "I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven.

"But because he could not repay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.

"But that same slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began choking him, saying, 'Pay what you owe!'

"But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate."

He said to them, "Because your hearts were hard and stubborn Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

But He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given.

Then children were brought to Jesus so that He might place His hands on them [for a blessing] and pray; but the disciples reprimanded them.

But He said, "Leave the children alone, and do not forbid them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Jesus answered, "Why are you asking Me about what is [essentially] good? There is only One who is [essentially] good; but if you wish to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments."

But when the young man heard this, he left grieving and distressed, for he owned much property and had many possessions [which he treasured more than his relationship with God].

But Jesus looked at them and said, "With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

"But many who are first [in this world] will be last [in the world to come]; and the last, first.

"Now when the first [to be hired] came, they thought they would get more; but each of them also received a denarius.