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"So the last shall be first, and the first last."

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Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

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"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."

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"None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

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"You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

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But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

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Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

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The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

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Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

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And if any one says anything to you, say, `The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them."

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This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:

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So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:

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and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,

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and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

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"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.

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"It is written," He said, "`My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."

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But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.

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"Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, `Out of the mouths of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth the praise which is due'?"

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Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,

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"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, `Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

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"And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say `a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, `Why then did you not believe him?'

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and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."

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"But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "`My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

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"`I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.

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