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He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

But he answered one of them and said, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'

But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" [fn] They said to Him, "We are able."

So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; [fn] but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father."

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? Exodus 3:6, 15 ">[fn] God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

For many will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

and said, "This fellow said, "I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days."'

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. [fn] You see to it."

He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, "I am the Son of God."'

20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. [fn]

And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."

Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-20">[xr] Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men say that I am?"

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to Him, "You are the Christ."

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

They said to Him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;