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even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
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And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
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The Necessity for Watchfulness
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
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A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
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But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”
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The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod
Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
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For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
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For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
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For what can a man give in return for his life?
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And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.
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And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.
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The Rich Man
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
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For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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The Necessity for Watchfulness
“But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
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in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
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And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
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and Eli′jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar′ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Eli′sha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Na′aman the Syrian.”
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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”
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And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
