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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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God’s Chosen Servant
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.
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All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
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Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.
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Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
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He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
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The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
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The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
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The Parable of the Net
“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.
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“Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.
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Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
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They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him
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and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
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They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.
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Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
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“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
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In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
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“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”
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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
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The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
