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The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

"But shall we say, 'From men'?"—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

They came and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN'S BROTHER DIES and leaves behind a wife AND LEAVES NO CHILD, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER.

"In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

"For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation."

for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on."

"For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

"But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

"When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

"For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

"Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

"Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

"Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."

"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her.