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In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as muchmany times as much">[fn] and will inherit eternal life.Mark 10:29-30; Luke 18:29-30;">[xr]

They told him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard as well.'

I am allowed to do what I want with my own money,things">[fn] am I not? Or is your eye evil[fn] because I am good?'Deuteronomy 15:9; Proverbs 23:6; Matthew 6:23; Romans 9:21;">[xr]

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.John 20:9;">[xr]

So do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.Romans 2:19;">[xr]

"Then they will hand you over to sufferingtribulation">[fn] and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nationsGentiles">[fn] because of my name.Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 15:20; 16:2; Acts 4:2-3; 7:59; 12:1; 1 Peter 4:16; Revelation 2:10,13;">[xr]

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36;">[xr]

So you, too, must be ready, because at an hour you are not expecting him the Son of Man will come."Matthew 25:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:6;">[xr]

So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."the hour when the Son of Man will come">[fn]Matthew 24:42,44; Mark 13:33,35, 44; Luke 21:36; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 16:15;">[xr]

After a little while the people who were standing there came up and said to Peter, "Obviously you're also one of them, because your accent gives you away."Luke 22:59;">[xr]

The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, because it is blood money."

For he knew that they had handed him over because of jealousy.

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message.sent him">[fn] It said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I have suffered terribly because of a dream about him."

Because they were so afraid of him, the guards shook and became like dead men.

While Jesushe">[fn] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:4;">[xr]

He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. However, he wouldn't allow the demons to speak because they knew who he was.Mark 3:12; Luke 4:41; Acts 16:17-18;">[xr]

Since they couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. They dug through it and let down the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying.

JesusHe">[fn] looked around at them with anger, for he was deeply hurt because of their hardness of heart. Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand." The manHe">[fn] held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.