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"For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."

The young man said to Him, "All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?"

"But he answered and said to one of them, '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 want with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'

But Jesus replied, "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."

And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.

'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

"Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

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

And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near; I am keeping the Passover at your house with My disciples."'"

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

Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; you yourselves shall see."

"HE HAS TRUSTED IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE TAKES PLEASURE IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

and they said, "Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, 'After three days I am rising.'

teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

just as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "BEHOLD, I AM SENDING MY MESSENGER BEFORE YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY;

And he was preaching, saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals.

and a voice came from the heavens: "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."

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

Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say that I am?"