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Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is God not of the dead, but of the living."

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.

But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee."

Then he said to them, "I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me."

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

So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."

He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to; for he said, ‘I am God's Son.'"

and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals.

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."

Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah."

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

They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;

"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses." Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?" Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin? Answer me." They argued with one another, "If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?' But shall we say, ‘Of human origin'?"—they were afraid of the crowd, for all regarded John as truly a prophet. So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."