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"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send his wife away."

"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;

And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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

Then they came to Jericho. And later, as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a beggar who was blind named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

And throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.

And as they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,

And He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and they began seeking how to put Him to death; for they were afraid of Him, because all the crowd was astonished at His teaching.

"Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted to him.

"And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive his share of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.

"In the resurrection, which one's wife will she be? For each of the seven had her as his wife."

"David himself calls Him 'Lord'; so in what sense is He his son?" And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him.