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I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;

"Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say `Go,' and he goes, to another `Come,' and he comes, and to my slave `Do this or that,' and he does it."

"Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

This is he of whom it is written, "`See I am sending My messenger before Thy face, and he will make Thy road ready before Thee.'

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."

"But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.

For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

"`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

"None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

`I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men."

"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;

"for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.

who testified, "This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'"

"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am their King," He answered.

So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."