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John's followers came and got his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus what happened.

Then Jesus caught Peter with his hand. He said, "Your faith is small. Why did you doubt?"

They begged Jesus to let them only touch the edge of his coat to be healed. And all the sick people who touched his coat were healed.

Jesus called his followers to him and said, "I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me three days, and now they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint while going home."

Jesus and his followers went across the lake. But the followers forgot to bring bread.

Jesus went to the area of Caesarea Philippi. He said to his followers, "Who do people say I am?"

Then Jesus said to his followers, "And who do you say I am?"

Then Jesus warned his followers not to tell anyone he was the Messiah.

From that time Jesus began telling his followers that he must go to Jerusalem. He explained that the older Jewish leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law would make him suffer many things. And he told his followers that he must be killed. Then, on the third day, he would be raised from death.

Then Jesus said to his followers, "If any of you want to be my follower, you must stop thinking about yourself and what you want. You must be willing to carry the cross that is given to you for following me.

The Son of Man will come again with his Father's glory and with his angels. And he will reward everyone for what they have done.

Believe me when I say that there are some people standing here who will see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom before they die."

While these followers watched him, Jesus was changed. His face became bright like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. There the men who collect the two-drachma Temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?"

"So God's kingdom is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him.

The king began to collect his money. One servant owed him several thousand pounds of silver.

He was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that he and everything he owned be sold, even his wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

"But the servant fell on his knees and begged, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.'

"The other servant fell on his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.'

"Then the master called his servant in and said, ‘You evil servant. You begged me to forgive your debt, and I said you did not have to pay anything!