Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!”

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s purposes, but men’s.”

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”

And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone.

They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, since you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

And the one who swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’”

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I place You under oath by the living God, to tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Now as for the centurion and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”