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But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

‘No,' he answered, ‘because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.

Because they did not have faith, he did not perform many miracles there.

For Herod had earlier ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. He had done this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the Jewish people, because they considered John to be a prophet.

The king was sad, but because of the promise he had made in front of all his guests he gave orders that her wish be granted.

and by this time the boat was far out in the lake, tossed about by the waves, because the wind was blowing against it.

It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!'"

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without feeding them, for they might faint on their way home."

But Jesus answered, "When the sun is setting, you say, ‘We are going to have fine weather, because the sky is red.'

And early in the morning you say, ‘It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.' You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times!

They started discussing among themselves, "He says this because we didn't bring any bread."

Jesus turned around and said to Peter, "Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature."

"It was because you do not have enough faith," answered Jesus. "I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, ‘Go from here to there!' and it will go. You could do anything!"

because the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who decided to check on his servants' accounts.

So he called the servant in. ‘You worthless slave!' he said. ‘I forgave you the whole amount you owed me, just because you asked me to.

Jesus answered, "Moses gave you permission to divorce your wives because you are so hard to teach. But it was not like that at the time of creation.

For there are different reasons why men cannot marry: some, because they were born that way; others, because men made them that way; and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so."

Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.