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But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them."

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. "Teacher," the blind man answered, "I want to see again."

He saw in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, so he went to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs.

He then taught the people: "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.' But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!"

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law heard of this, so they began looking for some way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

I assure you that whoever tells this hill to get up and throw itself in the sea and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

For this reason I tell you: When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for.

Then Jesus spoke to them in parables: "Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?"

"Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.'

For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

Now, as for the dead being raised: haven't you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

As he taught them, he said, "Watch out for the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplace,

For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had—she gave all she had to live on."

"Tell us when this will be," they said, "and tell us what will happen to show that the time has come for all these things to take place."

Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!' and they will fool many people.

"You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.

And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry ahead of time about what you are going to say; when the time comes, say whatever is then given to you. For the words you speak will not be yours; they will come from the Holy Spirit.

Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.