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Those who heard him asked, "Who, then, can be saved?"
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Jesus said, "The things that are impossible for people to do are possible for God to do."
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Then Peter said, "We've left everything to follow you."
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Jesus said to them, "I can guarantee this truth: Anyone who gave up his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God
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will certainly receive many times as much in this life and will receive eternal life in the world to come."
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Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said to them, "We're going to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.
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He will be handed over to foreigners. They will make fun of him, insult him, spit on him,
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whip him, and kill him. But on the third day he will come back to life."
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But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was a mystery to them, and they didn't know what he meant.
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As Jesus came near Jericho, a blind man was sitting and begging by the road.
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When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.