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When Yeshua came into the territory around Caesarea Philippi, he asked his talmidim, "Who are people saying the Son of Man is?"

From that time on, Yeshua began making it clear to his talmidim that he had to go to Yerushalayim and endure much suffering at the hands of the elders, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers; and that he had to be put to death; but that on the third day, he had to be raised to life.

But Yeshua turned his back on Kefa, saying, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because your thinking is from a human perspective, not from God's perspective!"

Then Yeshua told his talmidim, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him say ‘No' to himself, take up his execution-stake, and keep following me.

For whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake will find it.

What good will it do someone if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or, what can a person give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man will come in his Father's glory, with his angels; and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Yes! I tell you that there are some people standing here who will not experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom!"

Six days later, Yeshua took Kefa, Ya‘akov and his brother Yochanan and led them up a high mountain privately.

As they watched, he began to change form — his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became as white as light.

and whoever ensnares one of these little ones who trust me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the open sea!

"Moreover, if your brother commits a sin against you, go and show him his fault — but privately, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

Because of this, the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared with a king who decided to settle accounts with his deputies.

and since he couldn't pay, his master ordered that he, his wife, his children and all his possessions be sold to pay the debt.

"But as that servant was leaving, he came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him some tiny sum. He grabbed him and began to choke him, crying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!'

His fellow servant fell before him and begged, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

Then the master summoned his servant and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt just because you begged me to do it.

And in anger his master turned him over to the jailers for punishment until he paid back everything he owed.

Some P'rushim came and tried to trap him by asking, "Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife on any ground whatever?"

and that he said, ‘For this reason a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two are to become one flesh' ?