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For, whoever will preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life on my account, and on account of my tidings, shall preserve it.

For, what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his life?

Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For, whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him also will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels.

And his raiment shone and was very white, like snow, so as men on earth can never

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude with them, and the Scribes disputing with them.

And wherever he seizeth him, he shaketh and teareth him: and he gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples, to cast him out; and they could not.

And Jesus asked his father, how long a time he had been thus. He said to him: Lo, from his childhood.

And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast him out?

And he took a child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms and said to them:

For whoever shall give you to drink a cup of water only, on the ground that ye are Messiah's [fn] , verily I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it were better for him, if a millstone were put to his neck, and he cast into the sea.

And the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife:

And he said to them: Whoever shall divorce his wife, and take another, committeth adultery.

And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them. But his disciples rebuked those who brought them.

And he took them in his arms, and laid his hand on them and blessed them.

And as he walked in the way, one ran and fell upon his knees, and asked him, and said: Good Teacher, what must I do, to inherit eternal life?

And Jesus looked upon his disciples, and said to them: How hard for those who possess wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God !

And as they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem, Jesus went before them: and they were amazed, and walked after him with trembling. And he took his twelve, and began to tell them what was to befall him.