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So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."

"For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James, and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!"

And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."

"And if your eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fiery hell.

"But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER MAY BE CONFIRMED.

"For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

"But since he did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made.

"So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.'

"So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you.'

"Then summoning him, his master said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

"And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he would repay all that was owed him.

The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."

And looking at them, Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

"Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.'

"But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?