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When Jesus and his followers came back to the crowd, a man came to Jesus and bowed before him.

When Jesus and his followers came to Capernaum, the men who collected the Temple tax came to Peter. They asked, "Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?"

Jesus called a little child to him and stood the child before his followers.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him.

When the king began to collect his money, a servant who owed him several million dollars was brought to him.

But the servant did not have enough money to pay his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant's wife and children. Then 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, and I will pay you everything I owe.'

The master felt sorry for his servant and told him he did not have to pay it back. Then he let the servant go free.

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

"Then the master called his servant in and said, ‘You evil servant! Because you begged me to forget what you owed, I told you that you did not have to pay anything.

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

And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.'

The Pharisees asked, "Why then did Moses give a command for a man to divorce his wife by giving her divorce papers?"

I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery. The only reason for a man to divorce his wife is if his wife has sexual relations with another man."

The followers said to him, "If that is the only reason a man can divorce his wife, it is better not to marry."

Then the people brought their little children to Jesus so he could put his hands on them and pray for them. His followers told them to stop,

After Jesus put his hands on the children, he left there.

Then Jesus said to his followers, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, when the age to come has arrived, the Son of Man will sit on his great throne. All of you who followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a person who owned some land. One morning, he went out very early to hire some people to work in his vineyard.