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He said to them: But, who do ye yourselves say that I am?

Jesus answered, and said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonas; for flesh and blood have not revealed [fn] to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

But he turned, and said to Cephas: Get thee behind me, Satan: Thou art a stumbling block to me; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but the things of men.

But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer.

But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater: that take, and give for me and for thyself.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks ! For it must be, that stumbling blocks come. But, woe to the person by whose means the stumbling blocks come.

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Jesus said to him: I do not say to thee, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

Wherefore they were not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath united, let not man sunder.

He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

But he said to them: Not every one is capable of that thing, but he only to whom it is given.

But Jesus said to them: Allow children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of those that are like them is the kingdom of heaven.

And he said to him: Why callest thou me good? There is none good, except one, [fn] God. But if thou wouldst enter into life, keep the commandments.

Jesus looked on them, and said to them: With men this is not practicable, but with God every thing is practicable.

30 But there are many first who shall be last, and last [fn] first.

And when the first came, they supposed they should receive more; but they also received each a denarius.

and said: These last have labored but one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us who have borne the burden of the day and the heat of it.

But he answered, and said to one of them: My friend, I do thee no injustice: was it not for a denarius that thou didst contract with me?

Thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for the called are many, but the chosen are few.