Mike Jentes

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Matthew 20:25-26 (NIV)
Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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Matthew 19:29 (NIV)
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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Matthew 19:24 (NIV)
Again I tell you, 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."

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Matthew 19:14 (NIV)
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

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Matthew 19:12 (NIV)
For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it."

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Matthew 18:19-20 (NIV)
"Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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Matthew 18:15 (NIV)
"If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.

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Matthew 18:8 (NIV)
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

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Matthew 18:3-4 (NIV)
And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

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Matthew 16:24-25 (NIV)
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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Matthew 16:18-19 (NIV)
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

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Matthew 13:45-46 (NLT)
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.

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Matthew 12:48-49 (NASB)
But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"

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Matthew 12:6 (NASB)
But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

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Matthew 11:28-30 (NASB)
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

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Matthew 10:34-38 (NASB)
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

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Matthew 10:29-31 (NASB)
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

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Matthew 10:19-20 (NASB)
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

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Matthew 9:37-38 (NASB)
Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

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Matthew 9:12 (NASB)
But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

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Matthew 9:6 (NASB)
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-then He *said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home."

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Matthew 7:21 (NASB)
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

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Matthew 4:19 (NASB)
And He *said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

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Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.