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because it does not go into your heart but into your stomach and then goes on out of the body." (In saying this, Jesus declared that all foods are fit to be eaten.)

So Jesus said to her, "Because of that answer, go back home, where you will find that the demon has gone out of your daughter!"

"I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat.

If I send them home without feeding them, they will faint as they go, because some of them have come a long way."

They started discussing among themselves: "He says this because we don't have any bread."

A man in the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, because he has an evil spirit in him and cannot talk.

because he was teaching his disciples: "The Son of Man will be handed over to those who will kill him. Three days later, however, he will rise to life."

But they would not answer him, because on the road they had been arguing among themselves about who was the greatest.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man who was driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group."

"Do not try to stop him," Jesus told them, "because no one who performs a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say evil things about me.

I assure you that anyone who gives you a drink of water because you belong to me will certainly receive a reward.

Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.

When Jesus noticed this, he was angry and said to his disciples, "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

When the man heard this, gloom spread over his face, and he went away sad, because he was very rich.

He saw in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, so he went to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs.

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law heard of this, so they began looking for some way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

But if we say, ‘From human beings …'" (They were afraid of the people, because everyone was convinced that John had been a prophet.)

The Jewish leaders tried to arrest Jesus, because they knew that he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Jesus answered them, "How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.

Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.