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For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,' and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,' and he does it."

And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.

For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Rise and walk'?

Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,

for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I will be made well."

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,

no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.

Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,

and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.