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“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven;
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but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
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Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
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And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Jesus Thanks His Father
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
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For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;
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The Parable of the Yeast
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
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Three Parables
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;
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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind;
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And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
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He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
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The Demand for a Sign
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
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And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.
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I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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True Greatness
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
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and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.
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So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
