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because he was teaching his followers. He said to them, "The Son of Man will be handed over to people, and they will kill him. After three days, he will rise from the dead."

But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were afraid to ask him.

Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. When they went into a house there, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?"

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write out divorce papers and send her away."

will get more than they left. Here in this world they will have a hundred times more homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields. And with those things, they will also suffer for their belief. But in this age they will have life forever.

He said, "Look, we are going to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be turned over to the leading priests and the teachers of the law. They will say that he must die, and they will turn him over to the non-Jewish people,

who will laugh at him and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and crucify him. But on the third day, he will rise to life again."

They answered, "Let one of us sit at your right side and one of us sit at your left side in your glory in your kingdom."

They answered, "Yes, we can." Jesus said to them, "You will drink the same cup that I will drink, and you will be baptized with the same baptism that I must go through.

When the other ten followers heard this, they began to be angry with James and John.

Then they came to the town of Jericho. As Jesus was leaving there with his followers and a great many people, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting by the road.

Jesus stopped and said, "Tell the man to come here." So they called the blind man, saying, "Cheer up! Get to your feet. Jesus is calling you."

As Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. From there Jesus sent two of his followers

They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it.

The leading priests and the teachers of the law heard all this and began trying to find a way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because all the people were amazed at his teaching.

The next morning as Jesus was passing by with his followers, they saw the fig tree dry and dead, even to the roots.

Then the man sent another servant. They hit him on the head and showed no respect for him.

So the man sent another servant, whom they killed. The man sent many other servants; the farmers beat some of them and killed others.

So they took the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.