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It will be like this in the end of the world. Angels will come and take the sinful people from among those who are right with God.

And they were ashamed of Him and turned away because of Him. Jesus said to them, "One who speaks for God is shown no respect in his own town and in his own house."

He would have killed John but he was afraid of the people. The people thought John was one who spoke for God.

Those in the boat worshiped Jesus. They said, "For sure, You are the Son of God!"

Jesus said to them, "Why do you break the Law of God by trying to keep their teaching?

For God said, ‘Show respect to your father and mother.' And, ‘He who curses his father or mother will be put to death.'

But you say that if a man says to his parents that anything he has, that might have been of help to them, is already given to God,

he does not have to show respect by helping his father and mother. You are putting aside the Word of God to keep their teaching.

For out of the heart come bad thoughts, killing other people, sex sins of a married person, sex sins of a person not married, stealing, lying, speaking against God.

All the people wondered. They saw how those who could not speak were now talking. They saw how those who could not walk were now walking. They saw how those who could not see were now seeing, and they gave thanks to the God of the Jews.

Simon Peter said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Then Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are standing in My way. You are not thinking how God thinks. You are thinking how man thinks."

They came to the city of Capernaum. Those who gathered the tax for the house of God came to Peter. They said, "Does not your Teacher pay tax money for the house of God?"

If he will not listen to them, tell the trouble to the church. If he does not listen to the church, think of him as a person who is as bad as one who does not know God and a person who gathers taxes.

So they are no longer two but one. Let no man divide what God has put together."

Jesus looked at them and said, "This cannot be done by men. But with God all things can be done."

They will hand Him over to the people who do not know God. They will make fun of Him and will beat Him. They will nail Him to a cross. Three days later He will be raised to life."

Many people said, "This is Jesus, the One Who speaks for God from the town of Nazareth in the country of Galilee."

Then Jesus went into the house of God and made all those leave who were buying and selling there. He turned over the tables of the men who changed money. He turned over the seats of those who sold doves.

The blind and those who could not walk came to Jesus in the house of God and He healed them.