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And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

"Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

And He said to them, "Because of your meager faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

"Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!

"Then summoning him, his master said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

"They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

'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 woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

"Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

"And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will become cold.

"But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

"Be on the alert then, because you do not know the day nor the hour.

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I WILL STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK WILL BE SCATTERED.'

But Peter replied to Him, "Even if they all fall away because of You, I will never fall away!"

For he knew that it was because of envy that they had handed Him over.

And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "See that you have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him."

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

And when they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralyzed man was lying.