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When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
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to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
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Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
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The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
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“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
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After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”
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“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
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When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
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Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?
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But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
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Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”
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“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
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he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
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When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
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And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’
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He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
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But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.
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A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
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One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
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One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
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He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
