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For he who is not against us is for us.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name because you are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

"And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,

And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,

"For everyone will be salted with fire.

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

But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote for you this commandment.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

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

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake,

Then James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, *came up to Jesus, saying to Him, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You."

And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"

But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

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