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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

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

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

And after laying His hands on them, He departed from there.

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

And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon 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 laborers for his vineyard.

Now 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, beginning with the last group to the first.'

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

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They *said, "The first." Jesus *said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

Now when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit.

And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He *was speaking about them.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.