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The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And said, For this [cause] shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?

And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, except for lewdness, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoever marrieth her who is put away, committeth adultery.

For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from [their] mothers womb: and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

For the kingdom of heaven is like to a man [that is] a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

And he saith to them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but [it shall be given] to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing on it, but leaves only, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever. And immediately the fig-tree withered.

But if we shall say, From men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son,