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For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay each one according to his deeds.

"Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

And six days later Jesus *brought with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

"Now if your brother sins, go and show him his fault, between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.

"For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

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

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.'

So, his fellow slave fell to the ground and was pleading with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.'

So, when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.

Then summoning him, his lord *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

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

My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your hearts."

And some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"

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