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"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;

but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!

When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?

And again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.

Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, "Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

So he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.

"The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.

Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed;

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you."