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What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them."

"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

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

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery."

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible."

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

And the landowner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.