Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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25 For it is easier to put a cable through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 And those that heard <em>it</em> said, Who then can be saved?
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Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
28 Then Peter said, Behold, we have left all and followed thee.
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Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no one that has left house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of God’s sake
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
30 who shall not receive manifold more in this present time and in the age to come, eternal life.
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will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
31 Then he took <em>unto him</em> the twelve and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
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Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully treated and spitted on;
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He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
33 and they shall scourge <em>him</em> and put him to death, but the third day he shall rise again.
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they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they did not know what was said.
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The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
35 And it came to pass that as he came near unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat beside the way begging,
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As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
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