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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' ?

He said to them, "Not everyone grasps this teaching, only those for whom it is meant.

For there are different reasons why men do not marry — some because they were born without the desire, some because they have been castrated, and some because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever can grasp this, let him do so."

Then children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them, but the talmidim rebuked the people bringing them.

However, Yeshua said, "Let the children come to me, don't stop them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."

Then Yeshua said to his talmidim, "Yes. I tell you that it will be very hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Furthermore, I tell you that it is easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times more, and he will obtain eternal life.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who went out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard.

But he answered one of them, ‘Look, friend, I'm not being unfair with you. Didn't you agree to work today for a denarius?

He said to them, "Yes, you will drink my cup. But to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, it is for those for whom my Father has prepared it."

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

Yeshua stopped, called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They said to him, "Do you hear what they're saying?" Yeshua replied, "Of course! Haven't you ever read, ‘From the mouth of children and infants you have prepared praise for yourself' ?"

In other words, you will receive everything you ask for in prayer, no matter what it is, provided you have trust."

But if we say, ‘From a human source,' we are afraid of the people, for they all regard Yochanan as a prophet."

For Yochanan came to you showing the path to righteousness, and you wouldn't trust him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes trusted him; but you, even after you saw this, didn't change your minds later and trust him.

"Now listen to another parable. There was a farmer who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower; then he rented it to tenants and left.