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When the people heard this, they asked, "Then who can be saved?"
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Jesus answered, "God can do things that are not possible for people to do."
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Peter said, "Look, we have left everything and followed you."
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Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, all those who have left houses, wives, brothers, parents, or children for the kingdom of God
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will get much more in this life. And in the age that is coming, they will have life forever."
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Then Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said to them, "We are going to Jerusalem. Everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will happen.
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He will be turned over to those who are not Jews. They will laugh at him, insult him, spit on him,
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beat him with whips, and kill him. But on the third day, he will rise to life again."
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The apostles did not understand this; the meaning was hidden from them, and they did not realize what was said.
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As Jesus came near the city of Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
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When he heard the people coming down the road, he asked, "What is happening?"