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But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

"Why then," they asked, "did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

His disciples said to Him, "If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry."

Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.'

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

'I will not,' he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Which of the two did the will of his father?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.