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For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;

Then He took them in His arms and blessed them lovingly, one by one, laying His hands upon them.

As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, "Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

Then looking round on His disciples Jesus said, "With how hard a struggle will the possessors of riches enter the Kingdom of God!"

The disciples were amazed at His words. Jesus, however, said again, "Children, how hard a struggle is it for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!

For the Son of Man also did not come to be waited upon, but to wait on others, and to give His life as the redemption-price for a multitude of people."

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side.

The man flung away his outer garment, sprang to his feet, and came to Jesus.

"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has cured you." Instantly he regained his sight, and followed Him along the road.

When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.

and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.

This the High Priests and Scribes heard, and they began to devise means to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because of the deep impression produced on all the people by His teaching.

When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.

In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, `Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.

"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: `If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.