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Because of this, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue them from city to city;

And because of the growth of iniquity, the love of many will become cold.

And he said, I have sinned, because I have betrayed innocent blood. But they said to him, What is that to us? You know better.

The high priests took the silver and said, It is not lawful to put it in the house of offerings, because it is the price of blood.

But he did not answer him, not even a word; and because of this Pilate marvelled greatly.

For Pilate knew that because of envy they had delivered him.

When the governor was sitting on his judgment seat, his wife sent to him and said to him, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for today I have suffered a great deal in my dream because of him.

And he healed many who were seriously sick with divers diseases, and he restored many who were insane; and he did not allow the insane to speak because some of them were his acquaintances.

He said to them, Let us walk to the neighboring towns and cities, so that I may preach there also; because I came for this.

But as they were unable to come near him because of the crowd, they went up to the roof and uncovered it over the place where Jesus was; and they lowered the quilt-bed in which the paralyzed man lay.

And he looked at them with anger, sad because of the hardness of their hearts; and he said to the man, Stretch out your hand, and he stretched it out; and his hand was restored.

And he said to his disciples to bring the boat near to him, because of the crowds, so that they might not press on him.

Because they had said, He has an unclean spirit.

Other fell upon the rock, where there was not sufficient soil; and it sprung up earlier because the ground was not deep enough;

But when the sun shone, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it dried up.

And they have no root in themselves, but last for a while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they soon stumble.

But when the fruit is ripe, then immediately comes the sickle, because the harvest is ready.

Because whenever he was bound with fetters and chains, he broke the chains and cut the fetters, and no man could control him.

And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, Our name is Legion, because we are many.

But the woman, frightened and trembling, because she knew what had happened to her, came and fell before him and told him the whole truth.