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Jesus sighed deeply and said, "Why do you people ask for a miracle as a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to you."

I divided five loaves of bread for the five thousand? How many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces of food?" They answered, "Twelve."

"And when I divided seven loaves of bread for the four thousand, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces of food?" They answered, "Seven."

Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me and for the Good News will have true life.

Peter said to Jesus, "Teacher, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

The spirit often throws him into a fire or into water to kill him. If you can do anything for him, please have pity on us and help us."

Jesus said to the father, "You said, ‘If you can!' All things are possible for the one who believes."

"If one of these little children believes in me, and someone causes that child to sin, it would be better for that person to have a large stone tied around his neck and be drowned in the sea.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to lose part of your body and live forever than to have two hands and go to hell, where the fire never goes out. [

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to lose part of your body and to live forever than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. [

If your eye causes you to sin, take it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

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

Jesus said, "Moses wrote that command for you because you were stubborn.

Then Jesus looked at his followers and said, "How hard it will be for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Jesus looked at them and said, "For people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, all those who have left houses, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or farms for me and for the Good News

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.

Then James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said, "Teacher, we want to ask you to do something for us."

Jesus asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"