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"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.

While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.

and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.

Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

He said this because they were saying, "He has an evil spirit."

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled ; yet he liked to listen to him.

The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.