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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
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Jesus Announces the Good News
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
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“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
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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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“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
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Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
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Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
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He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
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He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
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You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
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And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
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But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—
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Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
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But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
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And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
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The Rich and the Kingdom of God
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
