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

but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is 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, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.

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

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

In that place 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 but you yourselves cast out.

And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.

When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

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

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

"The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

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

Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."