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You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest You upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest Your tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 


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They take up all of them with the hook; they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and are glad. 


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Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag, because by them their portion is fat and their meat plenteous. 


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The Just Shall Live by Faith<br/>I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 


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And the LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that reads  it. 


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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come; it will not tarry. 


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Woe to the Wicked<br/>"Yea also, because he transgresses  by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death and cannot be satisfied, but gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people. 


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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, `Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his <n>(how long?)</n> and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay'? 


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Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite you, and awake, that shall vex you? And shall you be for booty unto them? 


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Because you have despoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall despoil you, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 


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"Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 


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You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. 


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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? 


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For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 


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"Woe unto him that gives his neighbor drink, that puttest your bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that you may look on his nakedness! 


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You are filled with the shame for glory; drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered. The cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory. 


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For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the spoil of beasts which made them afraid, because of men's blood and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 


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"What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it, the molten image and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein to make dumb idols? 


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Woe unto him that says to the wood, `Awake!' To the dumb stone, `Arise, it shall teach!' Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 


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O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. 


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God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. 


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And His brightness was as the light; He had horns coming out of His hand, and there was the hiding of His power. 


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He stood and measured the earth; He beheld and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow. His ways are everlasting. 


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Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? Was Your anger against the rivers? Was Your wrath against the sea, that You did ride upon Your horses and Your chariots of salvation? 


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Your bow was made quite naked according to the oaths of the tribes, even Your word. Selah. You did cleave the earth with rivers. 


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The mountains saw You and they trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by; the deep uttered his voice and lifted up his hands on high.


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The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear. 


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You wentest forth for the salvation of Your people, even for salvation with Your anointed. You woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by uncovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 


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You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages; they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.


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When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes  up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. 


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A Hymn of Faith<br/>Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls-- 


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The LORD God is my strength; and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. 


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The Great Day of the LORD<br/>The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 


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"I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land," says the LORD. 


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"I will also stretch out Mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests, 


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and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops, and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Milcom, 


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and them that are turned back from the LORD, and those that have not sought the LORD nor inquired for Him." 


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Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has bidden His guests. 


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"And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 


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In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 


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"And it shall come to pass in that day," says the LORD, "that there shall be the noise of a cry from the Fish Gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great crashing from the hills. 


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Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 


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And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their dregs, that say in their heart, `The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil.' 


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Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation. They shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof." 


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The great day of the LORD is near; it is near and hasteneth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD; the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 


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That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 


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"And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung." 


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Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy, for He indeed shall make a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. 


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Warning to the Nations and A Call to Repentance<br/>Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired, 


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before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you! 


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Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness; it may be you shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger. 


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Judgment on Nations<br/>For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 


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Woe unto the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines: "I will even destroy you, that there shall be no inhabitant." 


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And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon. In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God shall visit them, and return them from captivity. 


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"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached My people, and magnified themselves against their border. 


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Therefore as I live," says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah" even the breeding of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall despoil them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them." 


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This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 


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The LORD will be fearsome unto them; for He will famish all the Gods of the earth; and men shall worship Him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 


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And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness. 


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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it: their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for He shall uncover the cedar work. 


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This is the rejoicing city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss and wag his hand. 


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Jerusalem's Sin <n>(Wickedness)</n> and Redemption<br/>Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 


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She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God .


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Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 


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Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 


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The just LORD is in the midst thereof; He will not do iniquity: Every morning does He bring His judgment to light, He fails not. But the unjust knows no shame. 


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"I have cut off the nations; their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is no inhabitant. 


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I said, `Surely you will fear Me, you will receive instruction'--so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them; but they rose early and corrupted all their doings. 


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A Faithful Remnant<br/>"Therefore wait you upon Me," says the LORD, "until the day that I rise up to the prey; for My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. 


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For then will I return to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord. 


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From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My suppliants--even the daughter of My dispersed--shall bring Mine offering.


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"In that day shall you not be ashamed for all your doings wherein you have transgressed against Me; for then I will take away out of the midst of you them that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of My holy mountain. 


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I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 


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The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid." 


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Joy in God's Faithfulness<br/>Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! 


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The LORD has taken away your judgments; He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of you; you shall not see evil any more. 


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In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, "Fear you not"; and to Zion, "Let not your hands be slack. 


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The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing." 


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"I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 


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Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you; and I will save her that is halt, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. 


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At that time will I bring you back, even in the time that I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I bring back your captives before your eyes," says the LORD. 


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The Command to Build God's House<br/>In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 


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The People's Obedience<br/>"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: This people say, `The time has not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.'" 


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You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." 


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Go up to the mountain, and bring wood and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says the LORD. 


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"You looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew upon it. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of Mine house that is laid waste, and you run every man unto his own house. 


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And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground brings forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands." 


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Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared before the LORD. 


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Then spoke Haggai, the LORD's messenger, in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, "I am with you, says the LORD." 


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And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and began work on the house of the LORD of hosts their God , 


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The Coming Glory of God's House <n>(New Temple)</n><br/>In the seventh month, on the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 


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"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying: 


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`Who is left among you who saw this house in her first glory? And how do you see it now? Is this not in your eyes by comparison with it as nothing?


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Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' says the LORD; `and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,' says the LORD, `and work, for I am with you,' says the LORD of hosts. 


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`According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you. Fear you not.' 


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For thus says the LORD of hosts: `Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land. 


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And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. 


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`The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,' says the LORD of hosts. `And in this place will I give peace,' says the LORD of hosts." 


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The People Are Defiled<br/>In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 


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`If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt touchs bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy?'" And the priests answered and said, "No." 


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Then said Haggai, "If one who is unclean from a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean?" And the priests answered and said, "It shall be unclean." 


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Then answered Haggai and said, "`So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,' says the LORD, `and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. 


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Promised Blessing<br/>And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 


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Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. 


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I smote you with blight and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to Me,' says the LORD. 


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`Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it: 


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Is the seed yet in the barn? Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree has not brought forth. From this day will I bless you.'" 


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Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet<br/>And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 


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And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall come down, everyone by the sword of his brother. 


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In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, `will I take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the LORD, `and will make you as a signet; for I have chosen you,' says the LORD of hosts." 


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A Call to Repentance<br/>In the eighth month in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 


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Therefore say you unto them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: `Turn you unto Me,' says the LORD of hosts, `and I will turn unto you,' says the LORD of hosts. 


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Be you not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying: Thus says the LORD of hosts: `Turn you now from your evil ways and from your evil doings.' But they did not hear, nor hearken unto Me, says the LORD. 


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But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said,`As the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so has He dealt with us.'" 


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The Vision of the Horses<br/>Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying: 


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I saw by night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 


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Then said I, "O my lord, what are these?" And the angel that talked with me said unto me, "I will show you what these be." 


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And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are they whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth." 


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And they answered the angel of the LORD who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still and is at rest." 


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The LORD Will Comfort Zion<br/>Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation these threescore and ten years?" 


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So the angel who communed with me said unto me, "Cry you, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: `I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 


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And I am very sorely displeased with the heathen who are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.' 


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Therefore thus says the LORD: `I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it,' says the LORD of hosts, `and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.' 


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Cry yet, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: `My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.'" 


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And I said unto the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" And he answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." 


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Then said I, "What come these to do?" And he spoke, saying, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to frighten them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles who lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it." 


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The Vision of a Man with the Measuring Line<br/>I lifted up mine eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 


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Then said I, "where go you?" And he said unto me, "To measure Jerusalem to see what is the breadth thereof and what is the length thereof." 


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and said unto him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, `Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle therein. 


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For I,' says the LORD, `will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.'" 


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Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations<br/>"Ho! Ho! Come forth, and flee from the land of the north," says the LORD; "for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven," says the LORD. 


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For thus says the LORD of hosts: "After the glory has He sent me unto the nations which despoiled you, for he that touchs you touchs the apple of His eye. 


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For behold, I will shake Mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. 


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"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you," says the LORD. 


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"And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be My people; and I will dwell in the midst of you. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you. 


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And the LORD shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again." 


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Vision of the High Priest <n>(Joshua)</n> Vindicated<br/>And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 


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And the LORD said unto Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" 


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And He answered and spoke unto those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And unto him He said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with change of raiment." 


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And I said, "Let them set a clean miter upon his head." So they set a clean miter upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My ordinance, then you shall also judge My house, and shall also keep My courts, and I will give you places to walk among these who stand by. 


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Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men wondered at. For behold, I will bring forth My Servant the BRANCH. 


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For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave the engraving thereof,' says the LORD of hosts, `and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 


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In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, `shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.'" 


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Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees<br/>And the angel who talked with me came again and waked me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep, 


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and said unto me, "What see you?" And I said, "I have looked and behold, a candlestick all of gold with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon the top thereof; 


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and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof." 


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Then the angel who talked with me answered and said unto me, "Knowe you not what these be?" And I said, "No, my lord." 


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Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, "This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, `Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit ,' says the LORD of hosts. 


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Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, `Grace, grace unto it!'" 


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"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you. 


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For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven. They are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth." 


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Then answered I and said unto him, "What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?" 


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And I answered again and said unto him, "What be these two olive branches, which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?" 


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Vision of the Flying Scroll<br/>Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, a flying scroll. 


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And he said unto me, "What see you?" And I answered, "I see a flying scroll. The length thereof is twenty cubits and the breadth thereof ten cubits." 


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Then said he unto me, "This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for everyone who stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it, and everyone who swears shall be cut off as on that side according to it. 


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`I will bring it forth,' says the LORD of hosts, `and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him that swears falsely by My name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.'" 


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Vision of the Woman in a Basket<br/>Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said unto me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what is this that goes forth." 


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And I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is an ephah that goes forth." He said moreover, "This is their resemblance through all the earth." 


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And behold, there was lifted up a weighty piece of lead, and this is a woman who sits in the midst of the ephah. 


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And he said, "This is wickedness." And he cast it into the midst of the ephah, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 


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Then I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings <n>(for they had wings like the wings of a stork)</n>, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 


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And he said unto me, "To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base." 


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Vision of the Four Chariots<br/>And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of brass. 


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And the angel answered and said unto me, "These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. 


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The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country, and the white go forth after them, and the grizzled go forth toward the south country. 


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And the bay went forth and sought to go, that they might walk to and fro through the earth." And he said, "Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth." So they walked to and fro through the earth. 


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Then cried he unto me, and spoke unto me, saying, "Behold, these who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country." 


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"Take from them of the captivity -- even from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon -- and come you the same day and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. 


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and speak unto him, saying, `Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, "Behold the Man whose name is The BRANCH! And He shall grow up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of the LORD. 


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Even He shall build the temple of the LORD; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And He shall be a priest upon His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."' 


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"And the crowns shall be for Helem and for Tobijah and for Jedaiah, and for Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. 


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And those who are far off shall come and build the temple of the LORD, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me unto you. And this shall come to pass if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God ." 


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Obedience Better than Fasting<br/>And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu, 


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when they had sent Sherezer and Regemmelech and their men unto the house of God to pray before the LORD, 


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and to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done these so many years?" 


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"Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, `When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month even those seventy years, did you fast at all unto Me, even to Me? 


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Should you not hear the words which the LORD has cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?'" 


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Disobedience Resulted <n>(Cause)</n> in Captivity<br/>And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 


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"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, `Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother. 


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And oppress not the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.' 


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But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 


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Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent in His Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. 


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"Therefore it has come to pass that as He cried and they would not hear, so they cried and I would not hear," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned; for they laid the pleasant land desolate." 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.' 


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"Thus says the LORD: `I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the Holy Mountain.' 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand because of great age. 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in Mine eyes?' says the LORD of hosts. 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `Behold, I will save My people from the east country and from the west country; 


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and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be My people and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.' 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 


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For before these days there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace for him that went out or came in because of the affliction; for I set all men, every one, against his neighbor. 


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But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days,' says the LORD of hosts. 


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`For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 


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And it shall come to pass that as you were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.' 


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"For thus says the LORD of hosts: `As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says the LORD of hosts, `and I repented not, 


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so again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Fear you not.


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and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath. For all these are things that I hate,' says the LORD." 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love the truth and peace.' 


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Thus says the LORD of hosts: `It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities.


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And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, "Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts. I will go also." 


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Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.' 


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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: `In those days it shall come to pass that ten men out of all the languages of the nations shall take hold, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, "We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'" 


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Israel Defended Against Enemies and Zion's Coming King<br/>The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach and Damascus, shall be the rest thereof, when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 


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And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 


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Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and He will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 


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Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall see it and be very sorrowful, and Ekron for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 


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And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, even he shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 


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And I will encamp about Mine house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returneth; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more, for now have I seen with Mine eyes. 


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The Coming King<br/>Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes  unto you! He is just and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. 


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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off; and He shall speak peace unto the heathen, and His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 


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God Will Save His People<br/>As for you also, by the blood of your covenant, I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. 


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when I have bent Judah for Me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the sword of a mighty man. 


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And the LORD shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 


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The LORD of hosts shall defend them, and they shall devour and subdue with slingstones; and they shall drink and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. 


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And the LORD their God shall save them in that day, as the flock of His people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon His land. 


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For how great is their goodness, and how great is their beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. 


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Restoration of Judah and Israel <n>(Restored)</n><br/>Ask you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field. 


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For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and have told false dreams. They comfort in vain; therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 


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"Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats; for the LORD of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, and has made them as His goodly horse in the battle. 


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Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. 


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And they shall be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 


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"And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back to place them, for I have mercy upon them. And they shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God and will hear them. 


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And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 


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"I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased. 


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And I will sow them among the people, and they shall remember Me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and turn again. 


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I will bring them back also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and a place shall not be found for them. 


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And He shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away. 


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And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in His name," says the LORD. 


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Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the mighty are despoiled; howl, O you oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage is come down. 


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There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled; a voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is despoiled. 


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Prophecy About <n>(of)</n> the Shepherds<br/>Thus says the LORD my God : "Feed the flock for the slaughter, 


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whose possessors slay them and hold themselves not guilty; and those who sell them say, `Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich'; and their own shepherds pity them not. 


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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land," says the LORD. "But lo, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them." 


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And I will feed the flock for slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 


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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them and their soul also abhorred me.


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Then said I, "I will not feed you: that which dies, let it die, and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat everyone the flesh of another." 


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And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 


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And it was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 


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And I said unto them, "If you think it be good, give me my price; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 


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And the LORD said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter" -- a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. 


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Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 


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For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which stands still; but he shall eat the flesh of the fat and tear their claws in pieces. 


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"Woe to the sham shepherd that leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened." 


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The Coming Deliverance of Judah<br/>The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD who stretcheth forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: 


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"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 


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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people. All who burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 


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In that day," says the LORD, "I will smite every horse with astonishment and his rider with madness. And I will open Mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness; 


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and the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, `The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God .' 


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"In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, and they shall devour all the people round about on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 


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The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 


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"In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David, and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 


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And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.


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Mourning for the Pierced One <n>(Son)</n><br/>And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn. 


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"In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo. 


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And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 


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the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 


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Idolatry Cut Off<br/>"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 


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And it shall come to pass in that day," says the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 


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And it shall come to pass that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother who begot him shall say unto him, `You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD'; and his father and his mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 


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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed everyone of his vision when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a garment of hair to deceive. 


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But he shall say, `I am no prophet; I am a husbandman, for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.' 


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And one shall say unto him, `What are these wounds in your hands?' Then he shall answer, `Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.' 


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The Shepherd Savior<br/>"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man that is My fellow," says the LORD of hosts. "Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn Mine hand upon the little ones. 


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And it shall come to pass that in all the land," says the LORD, "two parts therein shall be cut off and die, but the third shall be left therein. 


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And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will hear them. I will say, `It is My people'; and they shall say, `The LORD is my God .'" 


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The Coming Day of the LORD<br/>Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. 


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For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished. And half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 


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Then shall the LORD go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. 


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And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley, and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south. 


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And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal. Yea, you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with You. 


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But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD -- neither day nor night; but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light.


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And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be. 


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And the LORD shall be king over all the earth; in that day shall there be one LORD, and His name one. 


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All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's Gate unto the place of the First Gate unto the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine presses. 


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And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. 


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And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 


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And it shall come to pass in that day that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. 


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And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together: gold and silver and apparel in great abundance. 


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The Nations Worship the King<br/>And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 


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And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 


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And if the family of Egypt go not up and come not, upon whom there is no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen who come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 


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This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.


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yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts, and all those who sacrifice shall come and take of them and boil therein. And in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. 


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Israel Beloved of God<br/>"I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, `Wherein have You loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD. "Yet I loved Jacob, 


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and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness." 


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Whereas Edom says, "We are impoverished, but we will return and rebuild the desolate places," thus says the LORD of Hosts: "They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them the Border of Wickedness and the people against whom the LORD has indignation forever. 


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And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, `The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.' 


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Polluted Offerings<br/>"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I be a father, where is Mine honor? And if I be a master, where is the fear of Me? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, who despise My name. And you say, `Wherein have we despised Your name?' 


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You offer polluted bread upon Mine altar; and you say, `Wherein have we polluted You?' In that you say: `The table of the LORD is contemptible.' 


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And if you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not evil? And if you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil? Offer it now unto your governor! Will he be pleased with you or accept your person?" says the LORD of hosts. 


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"And now, I pray you, beseech God that He will be gracious unto us. This has been by your hand: Will He regard your persons?" says the LORD of hosts. 


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"Who is there even among you who would shut the doors for nought? Neither do you kindle fire on Mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you," says the LORD of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering from your hand. 


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For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, My name shall be great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the heathen," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"But you have profaned it in that you say, `The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even His meat, is contemptible.' 


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You said also, `Behold, what a weariness is it!' And you have sniffed it," says the LORD of hosts. "And you brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick; thus you brought an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?" says the LORD. 


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"But cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock a male, and vowes and honors unto the Lord a corrupt thing. For I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and My name is dreadful among the heathen. 


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If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory unto My name," says the LORD of hosts, "I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart. 


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Behold, I will corrupt your seed and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 


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And you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared Me and was afraid before My name. 


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The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and equity, and turned many away from iniquity. 


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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 


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But you have departed from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept My ways but have been partial in the law." 


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Treachery of Infidelity<br/>Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother by profaning the covenant of our fathers?


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Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange God . 


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The LORD will cut off the man who does this -- the master and the scholar -- out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 


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And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out insomuch that He regards not the offering anymore, nor receives it with good will from your hand. 


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Yet you say, "Why?" Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. 


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And did not He make one? Yet had He the residue of the spirit. And why one? That He might seek a godly seed! Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 


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"For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that He hates putting away; for one covers violence with his garment," says the LORD of hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously." 


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You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, "Wherein have we wearied Him?" When you say: "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of judgment?" 


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The Coming Messenger of God<br/>"Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in. Behold, He shall come," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"But who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 


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And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 


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Then shall the offering of Judah and of Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old and as in former years. 


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"And I will come near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and those who turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"Even from the days of your fathers, you have gone away from Mine ordinances and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you," says the LORD of hosts. "But you said, `In what manner shall we return?' 


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Do Not Rob God <n>(in Tithes and Offerings)</n><br/>Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, `Wherein have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. 


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Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and put Me to the proof now herewith," says the LORD of hosts, "if I will not open to you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 


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And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"And all nations shall call you blessed, for you shall be a delightsome land," says the LORD of hosts. 


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The People Complain Harshly<br/>"Your words have been defiant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, `What have we spoken so much against You?' 


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You have said: `It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 


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So now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.'" 


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A Book of Remembrance<br/>Then those who feared the LORD spoke often one to another, and the LORD hearkened and heard it. And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared the LORD and who thought upon His name. 


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"And they shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. 


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Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves Him not. 


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The Coming Great Day of LORD God<br/>"For behold, the day comes  that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble. And the day that comes  shall burn them up," says the LORD of hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 


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But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth and grow up as calves from the stall.


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And you shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this," says the LORD of hosts. 


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"Remember you the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 


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"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 


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And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." 


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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ; Abraham to The Birth of Jesus Christ—1997 BC - 5 BC<br/>The book <n>(The scroll)</n> of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. 


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Abraham begot <n>(fathered)</n> Isaac, and Isaac begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jacob, and Jacob begot <n>(fathered)</n> Judah and his brethren. 


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And Judah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Perez and Zerah <n>(twins)</n> by Tamar, and Perez begot <n>(fathered)</n> Hezron, and Hezron begot <n>(fathered)</n> Aram, 


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and Aram begot <n>(fathered)</n> Aminadab, and Aminadab begot <n>(fathered)</n> Nahshon, and Nahshon begot <n>(fathered)</n> Salmon, 


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and Salmon begot <n>(fathered)</n> Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begot <n>(fathered)</n> Obed by Ruth, and Obed begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jesse, 


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and Jesse begot <n>(fathered)</n> David the king. And David the king begot <n>(fathered)</n> Solomon by her that had been the wife of Uriah, 


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and Solomon begot <n>(fathered)</n> Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot <n>(fathered)</n> Abijah, and Abijah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Asa, 


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and Asa begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot <n>(fathered)</n> Joram, and Joram begot <n>(fathered)</n> Uzziah, 


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and Uzziah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jotham, and Jotham begot <n>(fathered)</n> Ahaz, and Ahaz begot <n>(fathered)</n> Hezekiah, 


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and Hezekiah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Manasseh, and Manasseh begot <n>(fathered)</n> Amon, and Amon begot <n>(fathered)</n> Josiah, 


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and Josiah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away <n>(μετοικεσία)</n> to Babylon. 


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And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begot <n>(fathered)</n> Salathiel, and Salathiel begot <n>(fathered)</n> Zerubbabel, 


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and Zerubbabel begot <n>(fathered)</n> Abiud, and Abiud begot <n>(fathered)</n> Eliakim, and Eliakim begot <n>(fathered)</n> Azor, 


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and Azor begot <n>(fathered)</n> Zadok, and Zadok begot <n>(fathered)</n> Achim, and Achim begot <n>(fathered)</n> Eliud, 


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and Eliud begot <n>(fathered)</n> Eleazar, and Eleazar begot <n>(fathered)</n> Matthan, and Matthan begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jacob, 


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and Jacob begot <n>(fathered)</n> Joseph, the husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ <n>(the Messiah)</n>. 


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So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. 


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Conception of Christ Jesus; Born of Mary—5 BC<br/>Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: When His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit . 


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And Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away <n>(by divorce)</n> privily. 


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But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit . 


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And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS [Yahushua], for He shall save His people from their sins." 


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Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 


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"Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel " <n>(which being interpreted is, "God with us")</n>. 


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Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife, 


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Wise Men from the East and Herod; Jesus is Born—4 BC<br/>Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men <n>(magi)</n> from the East to Jerusalem, 


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saying, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East <n>(or, when first it rose)</n> and have come to worship Him." 


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And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 


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`And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel.'" 


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Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 


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And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also." 


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The Star!<br/>When they had heard the king, they departed <n>(to Nazareth)</n>; and lo, the star which they saw <n>(when is)</n> in the East went before them until it came and stood over where the young Child was. 


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When they saw the star <n>(standing over where the young child was)</n>, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 


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And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh. 


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And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 


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The Flight into Egypt<br/>And when they had departed, behold, the <n>(an)</n> angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be you there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him." 


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and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt have I called My Son." 


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Massacre of the Innocents<br/>Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry <n>(wroth)</n>, and sent forth and slew all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all the region thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 


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Then was fulfilled that which was spoken <n>(as well as written)</n> by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 


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"In Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted, because they are no more." 


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The Returning Home in Nazareth<br/>But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 


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saying, "Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead who sought the young Child's life." 


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But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither. Notwithstanding, <n>(and)</n> being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. 


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And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth <n>(Branch-town)</n>, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets: "He shall be called a Nazarene <n>(Branch-man)</n>." 


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Ministry of John the Baptist; Prepares the Way—26 AD<br/>In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 


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For this is he that was spoken <n>(as well as written)</n> of by the prophet Isaiah <n>(Esaias)</n>, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: `Prepare you the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" 


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And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 


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Then there went out to him <n>(the greater part of the inhabitants of)</n> Jerusalem, and <n>(the greater part of the inhabitants of)</n> Judea and all the region round about the Jordan. 


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A Bunch of Snakes<br/>But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 


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and think not to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as <n>(for)</n> our father.' For I say unto you that God is able from these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 


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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.


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I indeed baptize you with <n>(in)</n> water unto repentance, but He that comes  after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with <n>(in)</n> the Holy Spirit and with fire. 


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His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 


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And Jesus answering said unto him, "Suffer <n>(Permit or Allow)</n> it to be so now, for thus <n>(in fulfilling this duty)</n> it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted Him. 


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And Jesus, when He had been baptized, went up straightway out of <n>(from)</n> the water. And lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting <n>(coming)</n> upon Him. 


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Satan Tempts <n>(Test)</n> Jesus<br/>Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.


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And when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." 


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But He answered and said, "It is written: `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God .'" 


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said unto Him, "If You be the Son of God, cast Yourself down. For it is written: `He shall give His angels charge concerning you; and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.'" 


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Then said Jesus unto him, "Get you behind Me <n>(Be gone)</n>, Satan! For it is written: `You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'" 


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Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry; Jesus chooses Capernaum as His Base of Operations—27 AD<br/>Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, <n>(delivered up)</n> He departed into Galilee. 


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And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 


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"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 


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the people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, Light has sprung up." 


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Four Fishermen Called as Disciples <n>(Aposles)</n><br/>And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 


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And going on from thence He saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a <n>(the)</n> boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them, 


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A tour of Galilee; Jesus Heals a Great Multitude<br/>And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 


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And His fame went throughout all Syria. And they brought unto Him all sick people who were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with devils, and those who were lunatic <n>(thought to be moon struck)</n>, and those who had the palsy; and He healed them. 


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And there followed Him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. 


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The Sermon on the Mount<br/>And seeing the multitudes, He went up onto a mountain; and when He was set <n>(had sat down)</n>, His disciples came unto Him. 


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For disciples<br/>Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. 


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Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you. 


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Believers Are Salt and Light<br/>"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men. 


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Neither do men light a candle and put it under a <n>(the)</n> bushel, but on a candlestick, and it gives light unto all that are in the house. 


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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. 


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Jesus Christ Fulfills <n>(Interprets)</n> the Law<br/>"Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 


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For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled. 


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Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 


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For I say unto you that unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 


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Murder Begins in the Heart<br/>"You have heard that it was said by <n>(to)</n> them of old, `You shall not kill,' and `Whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.' 


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But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause <n>(without cause)</n> shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, `Raca,' shall be in danger of the council; but <n>(and)</n> whosoever shall say, `You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire. 


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"Agree with your adversary quickly while you are on the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. 


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Verily I say unto you, you shall by no means come out thence until you have paid the uttermost farthing. 


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Adultery <n>(Sexual Sin)</n> in the Heart<br/>"You have heard that it was said by them of old, `You shall not commit adultery.' 


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And if your right eye cause you to fall <n>(cause you to offend or sin)</n>, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. 


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And if your right hand cause you to fall <n>(cause you to offend or sin)</n>, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast <n>(depart, ἀπέλθῃ)</n> into hell. 


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Marriage Is Sacred and Binding<br/>"It has been said, `Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.' 


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But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery. 


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Jesus Forbids Oaths <n>(Swearing)</n><br/>"Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old times, `You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths.' 


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nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 


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But let your communication <n>(word, λόγος)</n> be `yes, <n>(simply heartfelt sincere)</n> yes' or `no, <n>(simply heartfelt sincere)</n> no'; for whatsoever is more than these comes of evil. 


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Go the Second Mile; About Retaliation<br/>"You have heard that it has been said, `An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' 


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But I say unto you that you resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 


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How to Treat Enemies by Love Your Enemies<br/>"You have heard that it has been said, `You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 


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But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that <n>(who)</n> despitefully use you and persecute you, 


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that you may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 


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And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others <n>(that excels, τί περισσόν)</n>? Do not even the publicans <n>(the heathen)</n> so? 


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Do Good to Please God<br/>"Take heed that you do not do your almsgiving <n>(good deeds,  your righteousness)</n> before men, to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in Heaven. 


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Therefore when you gives your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have <n>(all)</n> their reward <n>(s)</n>. 


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that your almsgiving may be in secret; and your Father who see in secret, Himself shall reward you openly. 


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The Model Prayer<br/>"And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, they have <n>(all)</n> their reward <n>(s)</n>. 


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But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who see in secret shall reward you openly. 


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But when you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 


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Be not you therefore like unto them, for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him. 


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In this manner therefore you pray: Our Father who are in Heaven, hallowed <n>(Holy)</n> be Your name. 


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Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven <n>(lit.: as in heaven, so also on earth)</n>. 


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Fasting to Be Seen Only by God<br/>"Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have <n>(all)</n> their reward <n>(s)</n>. 


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that you appear not unto men to fast, but unto your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who see in secret, shall reward you openly. 


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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven<br/>"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt <n>(consume)</n>, and where thieves break through and steal; 


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but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt <n>(consumes)</n>, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 


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The Lamp of the Body<br/>"The light of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. 


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You Cannot Serve God and Riches<br/>"No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 


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Do Not Worry<br/>"Therefore I say unto you, take no <n>(anxious)</n> thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 


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Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? 


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And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, 


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Therefore take no thought, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `Wherewith shall we be clothed?' 


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But seek you first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 


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"Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 


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Do Not Judge <n>(Condemn)</n>; Things That Count with God<br/>"Judge <n>(criticize or condemn)</n> not, that you be not judged <n>(criticize or condemn)</n>. 


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And why beholds you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but considers not the beam that is in your own eye? 


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Or how will you say to your brother, `Let me pull out the mote out of your eye,' and behold, a beam is in your own eye? 


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You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye. 


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"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before <n>(the)</n> swine, lest they trample them under <n>(with, Gr. ἐν)</n> their feet, and turn again and rend you. 


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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking <n>(A.S.K.)</n><br/>"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 


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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in Heaven give good things to them that ask Him? 


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Therefore, all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. 


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The Narrow Way<br/>"Enter you in at <n>(through, διά)</n> the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there be <n>(are they)</n> who go in there at. 


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You Will Know Them by Their Fruits<br/>"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 


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I Never Knew You<br/>"Not everyone that says unto Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father who is in Heaven. 


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Many will say to Me in that Day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and in Your name have cast out devils, and in Your name done many wonderful works?' 


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Build on the Rock<br/>"Therefore, whosoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock. 


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And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. 


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and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it." 


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Jesus Cleanses a Leper<br/>And behold, there came a leper and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You will, You canst make me clean." 


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And Jesus said unto him, "See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony unto them." 


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Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant<br/>And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him 


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The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But speak the word only <n>(only say in a word)</n>, and my servant shall be healed. 


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For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this man, `Go!' and he goes; and to another, `Come!' and he cometh; and to my servant, `Do this!' and he does it." 


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And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down <n>(recline at table)</n> with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. 


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But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into <n>(the)</n> outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 


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And Jesus said unto the centurion, "Go your way, and as you have believed, so be it done unto you." And his servant was healed in that selfsame hour. 


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Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed<br/>And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying and sick with a fever. 


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Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset<br/>When the evening had come, they brought unto Him many who were possessed with devils, and He cast out the spirits with His word and healed all who were sick, 


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The Cost of Discipleship<br/>Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 


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And Jesus said unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." 


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And behold, there arose a great tempest on the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves; but He was asleep <n>(sleeping)</n>. 


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And He said unto them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the wind <n>(s)</n>  and the sea, and there was a great calm. 


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Two Demon-Possessed Men Healed<br/>And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes <n>(Gadarenes)</n>,, there met Him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man <n>(one)</n> might <n>(could, or was able to, ὥστε μὴ ἰσχύειν)</n> pass by that way. 


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And behold, they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Are You come hither to torment us before the time?" 


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So the devils besought Him, saying, "If You cast us out, suffer us to go away <n>(send us away)</n> into the herd of swine." 


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And He said to them, "Go." And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine <n>(into the swine)</n>, and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently <n>(rushed)</n> down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters. 


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And those who kept them <n>(the herdsmen, οἱ βόσκοντες)</n> fled and went their ways into the city, and told everything and what had befallen the ones possessed with the devils. 


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And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they besought Him that He would depart out of their <n>(coasts)</n>  borders. 


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Jesus' Ministry at Nazareth<br/>And He entered into a boat, and passed over and came into His own city. 


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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic<br/>And behold, they brought to Him a man sick with the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the one sick with the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven." 


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But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins,"-- <n>(then said He to the one sick with palsy)</n> "Arise, take up your bed and go unto your house." 


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But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled <n>(feared)</n> and glorified God, who had given such power unto men. 


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Matthew the Tax Collector<br/>And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew, sitting in the customhouse. And He said unto him, "Follow Me." And he arose and followed Him. 


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And it came to pass as Jesus sat <n>(reclined)</n> at table to eat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down <n>(reclined)</n> with Him and His disciples. 


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And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto His disciples, "Why does your master <n>(Teacher)</n> eat with publicans and sinners?" 


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But when Jesus heard that, He said unto them, "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 


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But go you and learn what this means: `I will have mercy and not sacrifice.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." 


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Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting<br/>Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples fast not?" 


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And Jesus said unto them, "Can the attendants of the bride chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 


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"No man puts a piece <n>(patch)</n> of new <n>(unwashed, or pre-washed, shrunk)</n> cloth on an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 


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Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins <n>(bottles)</n>, else the wineskins burst and the wine runs out and the skins <n>(bottles)</n> perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins <n>(bottles)</n>, and both are preserved <n>(together)</n>." 


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A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed<br/>While He spoke these things unto them, behold, there came <n>(in)</n> a certain ruler <n>(of the synagogue)</n> and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just now died, but come and lay Your hand upon her, and she shall live." 


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And behold, a woman who was diseased with an issue of blood for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the hem of His garment; 


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But Jesus turned about, and when He saw her, He said, "Daughter, be of good comfort <n>(cheer)</n>; your faith has made you whole." And the woman was made whole from that hour. 


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He said unto them, "Give way, for the girl is not dead, but sleeps." And they laughed Him to scorn <n>(laughed at him)</n>. 


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Two Blind Men Healed<br/>And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, "You Son of David, have mercy on us!" 


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And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus said unto them, "You believe that I am able to do this?" They said <n>(say, λέγουσιν)</n> unto Him, "Yes, Lord." 


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And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged <n>(threatened)</n> them, saying, "See that no man know <n>(about)</n> it." 


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A Mute Man Speaks<br/>As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, dumb and possessed with a devil. 


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And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes marveled, saying, "It <n>(he)</n> was never so seen in Israel." 


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The Compassion of Jesus <br/>And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease <n>(weakness, infirmity, μαλακίαν)</n> among the people. 


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But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were faint <n>(were harassed)</n> and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 


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Then said He unto His disciples, "The harvest truly <n>(indeed)</n> is plenteous <n>(great, πολύς)</n>, but the laborers are few. 


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Discipleship and Its Cost<br/>And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against <n>(over)</n> unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease <n>(weakness, infirmity)</n>. 


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The Twelve Apostles<br/>Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 


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Sending Out the Twelve; The Mission, the Message, and the Promised Support.<br/>These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any <n>(a)</n> city of the Samaritans enter you not. 


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Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely you have received; freely give. 


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nor pack <n>(a bag)</n> for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat. 


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Special Direction of the Apostles to Pious Households. Reception and Rejection.<br/>And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence. 


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and if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 


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And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 


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Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city. 


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Persecutions Are Coming<br/>"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be you therefore wise as serpents and harmless <n>(simple)</n> as doves. 


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But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils <n>(συνέδρια, spiritual tribunals)</n>, and they will scourge you in their synagogues <n>(as supposed heretics)</n>, 


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and you shall be brought before governors and kings <n>(secular tribunals)</n> for My sake, for a testimony <n>(μαρτύριον)</n> against <n>(to)</n> them and the Gentiles <n>(αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν)</n>. 


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But when they deliver you up, take no <n>(anxious)</n> thought how or what you shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. 


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And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. 


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And you shall be hated by all men for My name's sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved. 


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But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another <n>(the other, εἰς τὴν ἅλλην)</n>; for verily I say unto you, you shall not have gone through the cities of Israel till the Son of Man come. 


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It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called <n>(surnamed)</n> the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household! 


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Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered <n>(concealed, verhüllt)</n> that shall not be revealed <n>(enthüllt)</n>, and hid <n>(versteckt)</n> that shall not be known <n>(entdeckt)</n>. 


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Jesus Teaches the Fear of God<br/>What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in <n>(the, τῷ)</n> light; and what you hear in the ear, that preach you upon the housetops. 


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And fear not <n>(Be not afraid of, μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἀπό)</n> them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him <n>(φοβεῖσθε τόν)</n> that <n>(who)</n> is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 


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"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing <n>(penny)</n>? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. 


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Confess Christ Before Men<br/>"Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess <n>(κἀγώ)</n> also before My Father who is in Heaven. 


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But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in <n>(3rd)</n> Heaven. 


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Christ Brings Division<br/>"Think not that I am come to send <n>(βαλεῖν)</n> peace on earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword. 


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For I am come to `set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter <n>(a bride, νύμφην)</n> against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.' 


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He that loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And he that loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me. 


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He that finds <n>(found or gained, εὑρών)</n> his life <n>(ψυχήν)</n>, shall lose it; and he that loses <n>(lost, ἀπολέσας, sacrificed for Christ)</n> his life for My sake, shall find it. 


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A Cup of Cold Water<br/>"He that receives you, receives Me; and he that receives Me, receives Him that sent Me. 


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He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward. And he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. 


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And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." 


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Jesus Explains His Ministry<br/>And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 


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John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus <br/>Now when John had heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 


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the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. 


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And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, "What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with <n>(by)</n> the wind? 


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But what did you out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 


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For this is he of whom it is written: `Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.' 


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Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. 


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And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 


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"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets and calling unto their fellows, 


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and saying, `We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned <n>(wailed, sung dirges)</n> unto you, and you have not lamented <n>(beat the breast or chest)</n>.' 


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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children." 


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Woe to the Impenitent Cities<br/>Then He began to upbraid the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done, because they repented not. 


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"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 


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But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Day of Judgment than for you. 


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And you, Capernaum, which are exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 


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But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment than for you." 


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Jesus Gives True Rest<br/>At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes. 


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"All things are delivered unto Me by My Father, and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him. 


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Take My yoke <n>(doctrine)</n> upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest unto your souls. 


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Sabbath Works, Good Fruit, and Jesus' True Family<br/>At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn; and His disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. 


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But if you had known what this means, `I will have mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. 


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And behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days?" -- that they might accuse Him. 


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And He said unto them, "What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold on it and lift it out? 


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How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days." 


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Behold, My Servant<br/>But when Jesus knew of it, He withdrew Himself from thence. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. 


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"Behold My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall show judgment to the Gentiles. 


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A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench till He send forth judgment unto victory; 


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A House Divided Cannot Stand<br/>Then was brought unto Him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb; and He healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. 


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And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. 


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The Unpardonable Sin<br/>Therefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. 


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A Tree Known by Its Fruit<br/>Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by his fruit. 


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"O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 


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The Scribes and Pharisees Ask for a Sign<br/>Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, "Master, we would see a sign from you." 


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The men of Nineveh shall rise in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 


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The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 


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An Unclean Spirit Returns<br/>"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 


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Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." 


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Jesus' Mother and Brothers Send for Him<br/>While He yet talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood outside, desiring to speak with Him. 


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For whosoever shall do the will of My Father who is in Heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother." 


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The Parable of the Sower and the Kingdom of Heaven<br/>The same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. 


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The Purpose of Parables<br/>And the disciples came and said unto Him, "Why speak You unto them in parables?" 


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For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. But whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has. 


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The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares<br/>Another parable put He forth before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field; 


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Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."'" 


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The Parable of the Leaven<br/>Another parable spoke He unto them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened." 


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The Parable of the Tares Explained<br/>Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and His disciples came unto Him, saying, "Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field." 


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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure<br/>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field, which, when a man has found, he hides; and for the joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. 


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The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price<br/>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, 


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The Parable of the Dragnet<br/>"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind, 


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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth<br/>And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed thence. 


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And they were offended at Him. But Jesus said unto them, "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country and in his own house." 


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and said unto his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in him." 


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For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 


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And she, being beforehand instructed by her mother, said, "Give me here John the Baptist's head on a charger." 


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Feeding the Five Thousand<br/>When Jesus heard of it, He departed thence by boat into a desert place apart. And when the people had heard thereof, they followed Him on foot out of the cities. 


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And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick. 


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And when it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, "This is a desert place and the time is now past. Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves victuals." 


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And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fishes; and looking up to Heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 


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And they all ate and were filled. And they took up the fragments that remained, twelve baskets full. 


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Jesus Walks on the Sea<br/>And straightway Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a boat and to go before Him unto the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 


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And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a spirit"; and they cried out for fear. 


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And He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 


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But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, "Lord, save me!" 


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And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand and caught him and said unto him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" 


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Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, "In truth You are the Son of God ." 


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Many Touch Him and Are Made Well<br/>And when they had gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 


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God's Commandments and Men's Traditions<br/>Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were from Jerusalem, saying, 


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"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." 


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For God commanded, saying, `Honor your father and mother,' and, `He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.' 


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But you say that whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, `by whatsoever you might have profited by me, it is a gift,' 


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and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 


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`This people draw near unto Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 


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Defilement Comes from Within<br/>And He called the multitude and said unto them, "Hear and understand: 


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Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man, but that which comes  out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 


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Then came His disciples and said unto Him, "Know You that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?" 


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Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." 


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Do you not yet understand that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? 


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A Gentile Shows Her Faith<br/>Then Jesus went thence and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.


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And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region and cried unto Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, You Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a devil." 


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Jesus Heals Great Multitudes<br/>And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee, and went up onto a mountain and sat down there. 


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Feeding the Four Thousand<br/>Then Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days and have had nothing to eat; and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way." 


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And His disciples said unto Him, "From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?" 


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And Jesus said unto them, "How many loaves have you?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes." 


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And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 


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The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign<br/>The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and testing, desired Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven. 


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He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening you say, `It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 


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And in the morning, `It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and lowering.' O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but can you not discern the signs of the times? 


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A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah." And He left them and departed. 


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The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees<br/>And when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 


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Then Jesus said unto them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." 


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But when Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, "O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, `because you have brought no bread'? 


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Do you not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 


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How is it that you do not understand that I spoke it not to you concerning bread, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?" 


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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ <n>(Faith)</n><br/>When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" 


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And they said, "Some say that You are John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 


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And Jesus answered and said unto him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but My Father who is in Heaven. 


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And I say also unto you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 


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And I will give unto you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven." 


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Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples that He must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 


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Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Be it far from You, Lord; this shall not happen unto You." 


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But He turned and said unto Peter, "Get you behind Me, Satan! You are an offense unto Me; for you consider not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." 


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Take Up the Cross and Follow Him<br/>Then Jesus said unto His disciples, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. 


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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it. 


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For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 


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Jesus Transfigured on the Mount<br/>Verily I say unto you, there are some standing here who shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom." 


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The Transfiguration of Christ<br/>And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up onto a high mountain apart. 


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Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You will, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah." 


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While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold, a voice out of the cloud, said, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED. HEAR YOU HIM!" 


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And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, "Tell the vision to no man until the Son of Man be risen again from the dead." 


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But I say unto you that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they pleased. Likewise shall also the Son of Man suffer by them." 


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A Boy Is Healed<br/>And when they had come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him and saying, 


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"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic and sorely vexed; for often he falls into the fire and oft into the water. 


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Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to Me." 


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And Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, `Remove hence to yonder place,' and it shall remove. And nothing shall be impossible unto you. 


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Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, "The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. 


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Peter and His Master Pay Their Taxes<br/>And when they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the tribute money came to Peter and said, "Does not your master pay tribute?" 


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He said, "Yes." And when he had come into the house, Jesus preceded him, saying, "What think you, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their own children, or from strangers?" 


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Who Is the Greatest? Offenses and Forgiveness<br/>At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" 


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and said, "Verily I say unto you, unless you be converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 


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Jesus Warns of Offenses<br/>But whoso shall cause one of these little ones who believe in Me to fall, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 


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"Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must happen that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. 


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Therefore if your hand or your foot cause you to fall, cut them off and cast them from you; it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. 


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The Parable of the Lost Sheep<br/>"Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you that in Heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in Heaven. 


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Dealing with a Sinning Brother<br/>"Moreover, if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he shall hear you, you have gained your brother. 


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Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven; and so whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven. 


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"Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth concerning anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in Heaven. 


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The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant<br/>Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" 


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"Therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven likened unto a certain king who would settle accounts with his servants. 


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But inasmuch as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 


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The servant therefore fell down and did homage to him, saying,`Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 


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But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred pence. And he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, `Pay me what you owe.' 


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And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, `Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 


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So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 


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Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, `O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me. 


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Christ's Teaching on Marriage and Divorce<br/>And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 


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The Pharisees also came unto Him, testing Him and saying unto Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?" 


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Jesus Teaches on Celibacy<br/>But He said unto them, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 


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For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb, and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." 


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Jesus Blesses Little Children<br/>Then were there brought unto Him little children, that He should put His hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them, 


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Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler<br/>And behold, one came and said unto Him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" 


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Jesus said unto him, "If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come and follow Me." 


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With God All Things Are Possible<br/>Then said Jesus unto His disciples, "Verily <n>(Truly)</n> I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 


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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard<br/>"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. 


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and said unto them, `Go you also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.' And they went their way. 


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They said unto him, `Because no man has hired us.' He said unto them, `Go you also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall you receive.' 


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So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, `Call the laborers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.' 


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saying, `These last have wrought but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.' 


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Jesus a Third Time Predicts Christ Foretells His Sufferings, Death and Resurrection<br/>And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart on the way and said unto them, 


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Greatness Is Serving<br/>Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping Him and desiring a certain thing of Him. 


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But Jesus answered and said, "You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said unto Him, "We are able." 


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And He said unto them, "You shall drink indeed of My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared by My Father." 


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even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life as a ransom for many." 


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Two Blind Men Receive Their Sight<br/>And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. 


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And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace; but they cried out the more, saying, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, You Son of David!" 


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The Triumphal Entry; Jesus Rides into Jerusalem<br/>And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 


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saying unto them, "Go into the village opposite you, and straightway you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them unto Me. 


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"Tell you the daughter of Zion, `Behold, your King comes unto you, meek and sitting upon an ass <n>(donkey)</n>, and a colt, the foal of an ass <n>(donkey)</n>.' 


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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees and strewed them in the way.


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And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried out, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that comes  in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" 


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Jesus Cleanses the Temple<br/>And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves, 


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and said unto Him, "Hear you what these say?" And Jesus said unto them, "Yea, have you never read, `Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have perfected praise'?" 


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And when He saw a fig tree by the wayside, He came to it and found nothing thereon, but leaves only. And He said unto it, "Let no fruit grow on you henceforward forever." And immediately the fig tree withered away. 


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The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree<br/>And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How soon has the fig tree withered away!" 


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Jesus' Authority Questioned<br/>And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto Him as He was teaching and said, "By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority?" 


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The baptism of John: where was it? From Heaven, or of men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we shall say, `From Heaven,' he will say unto us, `Why did you not then believe him?' 


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The Parable of the Two Sons<br/>"But what think ye? A certain man had two sons. And he came to the first and said, `Son, go work today in my vineyard.' 


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Which of those two did the will of his father?" They said unto Him, "The first." Jesus said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you. 


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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers<br/>"Hear another parable: There was a certain householder who planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country. 


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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, `This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.' 


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They said unto Him, "He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons." 


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Jesus said unto them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: `The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? 


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The Parable of the Wedding Feast; The Marriage of the King's Son<br/>And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again in parables and said, 


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Again he sent forth other servants, saying, `Tell them that are bidden, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come unto the marriage."' 


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So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered all together as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests. 


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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?<br/>Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entangle Him in His talk.


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And they sent out unto Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, "Master, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth; neither care you for any man, for you regard not the person of men. 


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And they said unto Him, "Caesar's." Then said He unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." 


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The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?<br/>The same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 


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saying, "Master, Moses said, `If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.' 


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Now there were with us seven brethren. And the first, when he had married a wife, died; and having no issue, he left his wife unto his brother. 


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`I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." 


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The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?<br/>But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 


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Jesus said unto him, "`You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 


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Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?<br/>While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 


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Jesus Rebukes <n>(Woe to)</n> the Scribes and Pharisees<br/>Then spoke Jesus to the multitude and to His disciples, 


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All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do you not according to their works; for they say, and do not. 


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For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 


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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 


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"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men, for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in. 


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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; therefore you shall receive the greater damnation. 


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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 


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"Woe unto you, you blind guides, who say, `Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 


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And you say, `Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is liable.' 


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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought you to have done and not to leave the other undone. 


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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 


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You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 


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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. 


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Even so, you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 


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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, 


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and say, `If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 


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Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the children of them that killed the prophets. 


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Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them you shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city, 


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that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. 


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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem<br/>"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! 


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For I say <n>(declare)</n> unto you, you shall not see Me henceforth till you shall say, `Blessed <n>(magnified in worship, adored, and exalted)</n> is He that <n>(Who)</n> comes  in the name of the Lord!'" 


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Jesus Predicts <n>(Foretold)</n> the Destruction of the Temple<br/>And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. 


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The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age<br/>And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the world?" 


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for many shall come in My name, saying, `I am Christ <n>(a Christian)</n>,' and shall deceive many. 


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And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars <n>(revolutions)</n>. See that you be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 


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For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places. 


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Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 


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And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come. 


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The Great Tribulation<br/>"When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place <n>(whoso reads, let him understand)</n>, 


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For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 


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And unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. 


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For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 


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Therefore, if they shall say unto you, `Behold, He is in the desert!' go not forth; or `Behold, He is in the secret chambers!' believe it not. 


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For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. 


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The Coming of the Son of Man<br/>"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, 


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and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and with great glory. 


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The Parable of the Fig Tree<br/>"Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh. 


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No One Knows the Day or Hour <br/>But of that day and hour, knows no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, but My Father only. 


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and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. 


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The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant<br/>"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 


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the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 


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and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins<br/>"Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 


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The Return of Christ in Judgment<br/>And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. 


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The Parable of the Talents<br/>"For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods. 


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And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway tookhis journey. 


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Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them another five talents. 


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And so he that had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, `Lord, you deliveredst unto me five talents. Behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.' 


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His lord said unto him, `Well done, you good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many things. Enter you into the joy of your lord.' 


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"He also that had received two talents came and said, `Lord, you deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.' 


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His lord said unto him, `Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many things. Enter you into the joy of your lord.' 


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"Then he that had received the one talent came and said, `Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not strewed. 


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His lord answered and said unto him, `You wicked and slothful servant, you knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed. 


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You ought therefore to have placed my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest. 


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For unto everyone that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, shall be taken away even that which he has. 


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And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'


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The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations<br/>"When the Son of Man shall come in His glory and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory. 


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And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 


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Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, `Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 


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For I hungered, and you gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; 


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Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, `Lord, when saw we You hungering and fed You, or thirsty and gave You drink? 


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And the King shall answer and say unto them, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, you have done it unto Me.' 


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"Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, `depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 


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I was a stranger, and you took Me not in; naked, and you clothed Me not; sick and in prison, and you visited Me not.' 


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Then shall they also answer Him, saying, `Lord, when saw we You hungering or athirst or a stranger, or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister unto You?' 


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Then shall He answer them, saying, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to Me.' 


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The Beginning of the Lord's Supper<br/>And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto His disciples, 


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"You know that after two days is the Feast of the Passover, and the Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified." 


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The Plot to Kill Jesus<br/>Then the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 


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there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He sat at meat. 


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When Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, "Why trouble you the woman? For she has wrought a good work upon Me. 


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Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman has done, be told as a memorial of her." 


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Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus<br/>Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests 


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Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples<br/>Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, "Where will You that we prepare for You to eat the Passover?" 


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And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say unto him, `The Master says, "My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'" 


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The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born." 


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Then Judas, who betrayed Him, answered and said, "Master, is it I?" He said unto him, "You have said." 


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Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper<br/>And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." 


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But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's Kingdom." 


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Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial<br/>Then Jesus said unto them, "All you shall be offended because of Me this night; for it is written: `I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.' 


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Peter answered and said unto Him, "Though all men shall be offended because of You, yet I will never be offended." 


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Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto you, that this night before the cock crow, you shall deny Me thrice." 


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Peter said unto Him, "Though I should die with You, yet will I not deny You." Likewise also said all the disciples. 


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The Prayer in the Garden<br/>Then Jesus came with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, "Sit you here while I go and pray yonder." 


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Then He said unto them, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry you here and watch with Me." 


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And He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." 


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And He came unto the disciples and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, "What, could you not watch with Me one hour? 


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Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 


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He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, unless I drink it, Your will be done." 


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Then came He to His disciples and said unto them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 


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Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane<br/>And while He yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 


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Now he that betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; hold Him fast." 


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And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, why are you come?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. 


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And behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest and smote off his ear. 


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Then said Jesus unto him, "Put your sword into it's place, for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 


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Thinkest you that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall at once give Me more than twelve legions of angels? 


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But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled. 


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Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin<br/>And those who had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 


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and said, "This fellow said, `I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.'" 


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And the high priest arose and said unto Him, "Answerest you nothing? What is it which these witnesses say against you?" 


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But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, "I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God ." 


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Jesus said unto him, "You have said; nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall you see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." 


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Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy! 


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Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly<br/>Now Peter sat outside in the palace, and a damsel came unto him, saying, "You also wast with Jesus of Galilee." 


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And when he had gone out onto the porch, another maid saw him and said unto those who were there, "This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth." 


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And after a while came unto him those who stood by, and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you." 


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Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, "I know not the man!" And immediately the cock crowed. 


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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, when He said unto him, "Before the cock crow, you shall deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly. 


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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate; He Is Tried and Crucified<br/>When the morning had come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death. 


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Judas Hangs Himself<br/>Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 


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And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood." 


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Jesus Faces Pilate<br/>And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And Jesus said unto him, "You sayest." 


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Taking the Place of Barabbas<br/>Now at that feast, the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 


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Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whom will you that I release unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 


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When he had sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, "Have you nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." 


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The governor answered and said unto them, "Which of the two will you that I release unto you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 


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Pilate said unto them, "What shall I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said unto him, "Let him be crucified!" 


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And the governor said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out the more, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 


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When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that a tumult was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See you to it." 


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Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. 


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The Soldiers Mock Jesus<br/>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto Him the whole detachment of soldiers. 


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And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head and a reed in His right hand, and they bowed their knees before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 


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The King on a Cross<br/>And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear His cross. 


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"He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 


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He trusted in God; let Him deliver him now, if He will have him. For he said, `I am the Son of God .'" 


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Jesus Dies on the Cross<br/>Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.


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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 


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And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave Him to drink. 


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and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the Holy City and appeared unto many. 


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Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb<br/>When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph, who himself also was Jesus' disciple. 


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Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and say unto the people, `He is risen from the dead,' so that the last error shall be worse than the first." 


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Christ Is Risen<br/>At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. 


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The Women Worship the Risen Lord<br/>And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "All hail." And they came, and held Him by the feet, and worshiped Him. 


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The Soldiers Are Bribed<br/>Now when they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and reported unto the chief priests all the things that were done. 


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The Great Commission<br/>Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee onto a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.


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John and Jesus Begin Their Ministry<br/>The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God . 


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John the Baptist Prepares the Way<br/>As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You." 


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"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: `Prepare you the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" 


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And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and those of Jerusalem; and they were all baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins. 


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And John was clothed with camel's hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 


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And he preached, saying, "There comes  after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. 


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John Baptizes Jesus<br/>And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 


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And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him. 


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Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry<br/>Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God 


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Four Fishermen Called as Disciples<br/>Now as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. 


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And when He had gone a little farther thence, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. 


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Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit<br/>And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day He entered into the synagogue and taught. 


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saying, "Let us alone. What have we to do with You, You Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know You and who You are -- the Holy One of God !" 


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And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him." 


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Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed<br/>And forthwith when they had come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 


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And He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 


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Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset<br/>And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought unto Him all who were diseased and those who were possessed with devils. 


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And He healed many who were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and He suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew Him. 


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Preaching in Galilee<br/>And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 


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And He said unto them, "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for therefore came I forth." 


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Jesus Cleanses a Leper<br/>And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him and kneeling down to Him and saying unto Him, "If You will, You canst make me clean." 


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And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand and touched him, and said unto him, "I will; be clean." 


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saying unto him, "See that you say nothing to any man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony unto them." 


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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic; Jesus Is Lord of Healing and the Sabbath<br/>And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was in the house. 


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And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them. 


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And when they could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy lay. 


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When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." 


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whether it is easier to say to the sick with the palsy, `Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, `Arise, and take up your bed and walk'? 


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But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins--" He said to the one sick with the palsy, 


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And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all, insomuch that they all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw it in this fashion!" 


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Matthew the Tax Collector<br/>And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. 


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And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom booth, and said unto him, "Follow Me." And he arose and followed Him. 


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And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat at Levi's house, that many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. 


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And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with publicans and sinners, they said unto His disciples, "How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?" 


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When Jesus heard it, He said unto them, "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." 


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Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting<br/>And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast; and they came and said unto Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?" 


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And Jesus said unto them, "Can the attendants of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 


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But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 


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"No man also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment, else the new piece that filled it up tears away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 


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And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine does burst the skins, and the wine is spilled and the skins will be marred. But new wine must be put into new wineskins." 


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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath<br/>And it came to pass that He went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day; and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 


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And the Pharisees said unto Him, "Behold, why do they do on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?" 


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And He said unto them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungered, he and they that were with him? 


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How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?" 


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Healing on the Sabbath; Jesus Apostles and His True Family<br/>And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 


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And they watched Him to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse Him. 


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And He said unto them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?" But they held their peace. 


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And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said unto the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other. 


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And the Pharisees went forth and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. 


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A Great Multitude Follows Jesus<br/>But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea, 


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and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him. 


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And He spoke to His disciples that a small boat should await Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him. 


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And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried, saying, "You are the Son of God !" 


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The Twelve Apostles<br/>And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him. 


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and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James <n>(and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder)</n>; 


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and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 


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A House Divided Cannot Stand<br/>and the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 


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And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He is beside himself." 


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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casts out devils." 


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No man can enter into a strong man's house and despoil his goods, unless he will first bind the strong man; and then he will despoil his house. 


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The Unpardonable Sin<br/>"Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies, however they shall blaspheme; 


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but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation <n>(judgment)</n>"; 


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Jesus' Mother and Brothers Send for Him<br/>There came then His brethren and His mother, and standing outside they sent unto Him, calling Him. 


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And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, "Behold, your mother and your brethren outside seek for you." 


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The Parable of the Sower and  of the Kingdom of God<br/>And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there was gathered unto Him a great multitude, so that He entered into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 


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And it came to pass as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 


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And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth. 


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And other fell on good ground; and it yielded fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth: some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundredfold." 


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The Purpose of Parables<br/>And when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 


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And He said unto them, "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables, 


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that, `seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them.'" 


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The Parable of the Sower Explained<br/>And He said unto them, "Know you not this parable? And how then will you know all parables? 


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And these are they by the wayside, where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes  immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts. 


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And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness; 


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but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the Word's sake, immediately they are offended. 


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but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes  unfruitful. 


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And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred." 


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Light Under a Basket<br/>And He said unto them, "Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? 


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For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed. 


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And He said unto them, "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you mete it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given. 


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For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has." 


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The Parable of the Growing Seed<br/>And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground, 


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and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knows not how. 


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For the earth brings forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 


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But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come." 


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The Parable of the Mustard Seed<br/>And He said, "To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? 


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It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth. 


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But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes  greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it." 


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Jesus' Use of Parables<br/>And with many such parables He spoke the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it; 


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but without a parable spoke He not unto them. And when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples. 


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Wind and Wave Obey Jesus<br/>And that same day, when the evening had come, He said unto them, "Let us pass over unto the other side." 


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And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the boat; and there were also with Him other little boats. 


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But He was in the hind part of the boat, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke Him and said unto Him, "Master, carest you not that we perish?" 


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And He arose, and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, "Peace, be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 


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And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, "What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" 


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A Demon-Possessed Man Healed; Jesus <n>(Commands Demons)</n><br/>And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 


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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any man tame him. 


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And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 


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and cried with a loud voice, and said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God that You torment me not!" 


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And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 


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And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place and into the sea <n>(they were about two thousand)</n>, and were choked in the sea. 


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And those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And the people went out to see what it was that had been done. 


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And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been possessed by the devil and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 


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And those who saw it told the people what had befallen him that was possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine. 


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And when He had gotten into the boat, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him. 


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But Jesus suffered him not, and said unto him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you." 


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And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. And all men marveled.


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A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed;, Death, and Disease<br/>And when Jesus had passed over again by boat unto the other side, many people gathered unto Him; and He was nigh unto the sea. 


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and besought Him greatly, saying, "My little daughter lies at the point of death. I pray You, come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall live." 


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and had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse, 


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And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 


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And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned about in the press of the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" 


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And His disciples said unto Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, `Who touched Me?'" 


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But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth. 


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And He said unto her, "Daughter, your faith has made you whole. Go in peace, and be whole of your plague <n>(disease)</n>." 


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While He yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain ones who said, "Your daughter is dead; why trouble you the master any further?" 


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As soon as Jesus heard the word that had been spoken, He said unto the ruler of the synagogue, "Be not afraid; only believe." 


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And He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult and those who wept and wailed greatly. 


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And when He had come in, He said unto them, "Why make you this commotion and weep? The child <n>(damsel)</n> is not dead, but sleeps." 


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And they laughed Him to scorn. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the damsel and those who were with Him, and entered in where the damsel was lying. 


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And He took the damsel by the hand and said unto her, "Talitha cumi," which is, being interpreted, "Little girl <n>(Damsel)</n>, I say unto you, arise." 


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And straightway the damsel arose and walked, for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 


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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth<br/>And He went out from thence and came into His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 


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And when the Sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, "From where has this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 


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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended at Him. 


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But Jesus said unto them, "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." 


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Sending Out the Twelve<br/>And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits, 


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The Death <n>(Beheaded)</n> of John the Baptist<br/>And King Herod heard of Him, for His name was spread abroad. And he said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works show forth themselves in him." 


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For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her. 


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and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever you will, and I will give it to you." 


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And he swore unto her, "Whatsoever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, unto the half of my kingdom." 


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And she went forth and said unto her mother, "What shall I ask?" And Herodias said, "The head of John the Baptist." 


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And she came back straightway with haste unto the king and asked, saying, "I will that you give me at once on a charger the head of John the Baptist." 


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And the king was exceedingly sorry, yet for his oath's sake and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her. 


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Feeding the Five Thousand<br/>And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 


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And He said unto them, "Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, even so much as to eat. 


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And the people saw them departing, and many recognized Him and ran thither on foot out of all the cities and outdistanced them, and came together unto Him. 


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And Jesus, when He came out, saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. 


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And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him and said, "This is a desert place, and now the day is far spent. 


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He answered and said unto them, "Give you them to eat." And they said to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?" 


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He said unto them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." And when they knew, they said, "Five, and two fishes." 


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Jesus Walks on the Sea<br/>And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and go to the other side before Him unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people. 


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Many Touch Him and Are Made Well<br/>And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 


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and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were sick to where they heard He was. 


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Jesus Rebukes the Pharisees' Traditions<br/>Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem. 


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Defilement Comes from Within<br/>For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders. 


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And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables. 


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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why walk not your disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" 


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For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things you do." 


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And He said unto them, "Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 


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thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have delivered. And many like things do you." 


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A Gentile Shows Her Faith<br/>And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid. 


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The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 


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But Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it unto the dogs." 


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And she answered and said unto Him, "Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs." 


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Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute<br/>And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis. 


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and were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak." 


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Feeding the Four Thousand<br/>In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them, 


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The Pharisees Seek a Sign<br/>And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him. 


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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod<br/>And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side. 


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When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up?" They said unto Him, "Twelve." 


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"And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up?" And they said, "Seven." 


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A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida<br/>And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. 


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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ<br/>And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, "Who do men say that I am?" 


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Jesus Predicts <n>(Foretells)</n> His Death and Resurrection<br/>And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and by the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 


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Take Up the Cross and Follow Him<br/>And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, "Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 


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Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes  in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." 


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Christ Jesus Transfigured on the Mount<br/>And He said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that there are some of them that stand here who shall not taste of death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power." 


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And there was a cloud that overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON: HEAR HIM!" 


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And He answered and told them, "Elijah verily comes  first and restores all things, and how it is written of the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be set at nought. 


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A Boy Is Healed<br/>And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them and the scribes questioning with them. 


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And wheresoever he takes him, he tears him; and he foams and gnashes his teeth and wastes away. And I spoke to your disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not." 


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Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>And they departed thence and passed through Galilee, and He would not that any man should know it. 


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Who Is the Greatest?<br/>And He came to Capernaum; and being in the house, He asked them, "What was it that you disputed among yourselves on the way?" 


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And He sat down, and called the twelve and said unto them, "If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all." 


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"Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receives Me; and whosoever shall receive Me, receives not Me, but Him that sent Me." 


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Jesus Forbids Sectarianism<br/>And John answered Him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Your name, but he follows us not, so we forbad him because he follows not us." 


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Jesus Warns of Offenses<br/>And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in Me to fall, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea. 


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And if your hand cause you to fall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than, having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched, 


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And if your foot cause you to fall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter halt into life than, having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched, 


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And if your eye cause you to fall, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire, 


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Tasteless Salt Is Worthless<br/>For everyone shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 


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Marriage and Divorce<br/>And He rose from thence, and went into the region of Judea by the farther side of the Jordan. And the people resorted unto Him again; and as He was wont, He taught them again. 


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Jesus Blesses Little Children<br/>And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them; and His disciples rebuked those who brought them. 


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Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler <n>(about the Danger of Riches)</n><br/>And when He had gone forth onto the road, there came one running, and knelt before Him and asked Him, "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" 


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You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, defraud not, honor your father and mother.'" 


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With God All Things Are Possible<br/>And Jesus looked round about and said unto His disciples, "How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God !" 


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Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>And they were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid. And He took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things would happen unto Him, 


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Greatness Is Serving<br/>And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto Him, saying, "Master, we would that You should do for us whatsoever we shall desire." 


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But Jesus said unto them, "You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup that I drink of, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 


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And they said unto Him, "We can." And Jesus said unto them, "You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized with, also shall you be baptized. 


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Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus<br/>And they came to Jericho. And as He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the wayside begging. 


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And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying unto him, "Be of good comfort; rise; He calls you." 


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And Jesus answered and said unto him, "What will you that I should do unto you?" The blind man said unto Him, "Lord, that I might receive my sight." 


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Jesus Rides <n>(Triumphal Entry)</n> into Jerusalem<br/>And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent forth two of His disciples 


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Jesus Cleanses the Temple<br/>And they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. 


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The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree<br/>And in the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 


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Forgiveness and Prayer<br/>And when you stand praying, forgive if you have aught against any, that your Father also who is in Heaven may forgive you your trespAsses. 


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Jesus' Authority Questioned<br/>And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, there came to Him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders, 


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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers<br/>And He began to speak unto them by parables: "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a place for the wine vat, and built a watchtower; and he leased it out to husbandmen and went into a far country. 


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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?<br/>And they sent unto Him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to catch Him in His words.


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Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, "Why tempt you Me? Bring Me a penny, that I may see it." 


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The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?<br/>Then came unto Him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked Him, saying, 


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The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?<br/>And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" 


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Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?<br/>And Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 


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The Widow's Two Mites<br/>And Jesus sat opposite the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. And many who were rich cast in much. 


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Jesus Predicts <n>(Foretells)</n> the Destruction of the Temple<br/>And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said unto Him, "Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!" 


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The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age<br/>And as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately, 


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"But take heed for yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them. 


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The Great Tribulation<br/>"But when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not be" <n>(let him that reads  understand)</n>, "then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains. 


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The Coming of the Son of Man<br/>"But in those days, after that tribulation, `the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 


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The Parable of the Fig Tree<br/>"Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When her branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 


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No One Knows the Day or Hour<br/>But of that day and that hour knows no man -- no, not the angels who are in Heaven, neither the Son, but only the Father. 


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The Plot to Kill Jesus<br/>After two days was the Feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft and put Him to death.


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The Anointing at Bethany<br/>And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box and poured it on His head. 


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Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus<br/>And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests to betray Him unto them. 


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Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples<br/>And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said unto Him, "Where will You have us go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?" 


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And wheresoever he shall go in, say you to the master of the house, `The Master says, "Where is the guestchamber where I shall eat the Passover with My disciples?"' 


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Jesus Institutes <n>(Beginning of)</n> the Lord's Supper<br/>And as they ate, Jesus took bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." 


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Jesus P edicts Peter's Denial<br/>And Jesus said unto them, "All you shall be offended because of Me this night, for it is written: `I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.' 


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And Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto you that this day, even in this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny Me three times." 


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But Peter spoke the more vehemently, "If I should die with You, I will not deny You in any way." Likewise also said they all. 


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The Prayer in the Garden<br/>And they came to a place which is named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, "Sit you here while I shall pray." 


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And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed and very heavy of heart. 


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And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. 


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And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible unto You. Take away this cup from Me; nevertheless not what I will, but what You will." 


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And He came back and found them sleeping, and said unto Peter, "Simon, sleepest you? Couldest you not watch one hour? 


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Watch you and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak." 


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And when He returned He found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy; neither knew they what to answer Him. 


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And He came the third time and said unto them, "Sleep on now and take your rest. It is enough: the hour is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 


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Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane<br/>And immediately, while He yet spoke came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 


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And he that betrayed Him had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he. Take him and lead him away safely." 


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And one of those who stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 


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And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Have you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take Me? 


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I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you took Me not. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled." 


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A Young Man Flees Naked<br/>And there followed Him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him. 


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Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin<br/>And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.


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And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest. And he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 


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And the chief priests and all of the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to death, and found none. 


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"We heard him say, `I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.'" 


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And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, "Answerest you nothing? What is it which these witness against you?" 


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But He held His peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him and said unto Him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" 


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And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." 


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And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him, "Prophesy!" And the servants struck Him with the palms of their hands. 


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Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps<br/>And as Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maids of the high priest. 


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But he denied it, saying, "I know not, neither understand I what you sayest." And he went out into the porch, and the cock crowed. 


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Jesus Faces Pilate <n>(and Tried)</n><br/>And straightway in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus and carried Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. 


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And Pilate asked Him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And answering He said unto him, "You sayest it." 


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And Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Answerest you nothing? Behold how many things they witness against you." 


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Taking the Place of Barabbas<br/>Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 


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And Pilate answered and said again unto them, "What will you then that I shall do unto him whom you call the King of the Jews?" 


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Then Pilate said unto them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out the more exceedingly, "Crucify him!" 


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The Soldiers Mock Jesus<br/>And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole detachment. 


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And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him. 


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The King on a Cross<br/>And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross. 


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And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha <n>(which is, being interpreted, The Place of a Skull)</n>. 


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And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take. 


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And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, you that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, 


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Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, "He saved others; himself he cannot save! 


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Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him. 


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Jesus Dies on the Cross <n>(Crucified)</n><br/>And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 


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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 


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And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, "Let him alone. Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." 


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And when the centurion who stood opposite Him saw that He so cried out and gave up the spirit, he said, "Truly, this Man was the Son of God !" 


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Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb<br/>And now when the evening had come, because it was the Preparation <n>(that is, the day before the Sabbath)</n>, 


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Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 


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And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead. 


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And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher. 


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He <n>(Jesus)</n> Is Risen<br/>And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 


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And very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. 


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And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were frightened. 


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And he said unto them, "Be not afraid. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him. 


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But go your way. Tell His disciples and Peter that He goes before you into Galilee. There shall you see Him, as He said unto you." 


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And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulcher, for they trembled and were amazed; neither said they any thing to any man, for they were afraid. 


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Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord<br/>Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils. 


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Jesus Appears to Two Disciples<br/>After that, He appeared in another form unto two of them as they walked and went into the country. 


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The Great Commission<br/>Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat; and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen Him after He was risen. 


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And these signs shall follow them that believe: In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;


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they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." 


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Christ Ascends to God's Right Hand<br/>So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God . 


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Dedication to Theophilus<br/>Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 


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John's Birth Announced to Zacharias<br/>There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly course of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 


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according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. 


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And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 


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But the angel said unto him, "Fear not, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 


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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. 


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And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." 


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And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years." 


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And the angel answering said unto him, "I am Gabriel who stands in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto you and to show you these glad tidings. 


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And behold, you shall be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed, because you believest not my words which shall be fulfilled in their season." 


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And when he came out, he could not speak unto them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; for he beckoned unto them and remained speechless. 


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"Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein He looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." 


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Christ's Birth Announced to Mary<br/>And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 


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And the angel came in unto her and said, "Hail, you that are highly favored, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women." 


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And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying and cast about in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 


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He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord GOD shall give unto Him the throne of His father David, 


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And the angel answered and said unto her, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you. Therefore also that Holy Being who shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God . 


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And behold, your cousin Elizabeth: she has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. 


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And Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. 


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Mary Visits Elizabeth<br/>And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, 


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And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit . 


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And she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 


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Birth of John the Baptist<br/>Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son. 


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Circumcision of John the Baptist<br/>And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 


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And all those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What manner of child shall this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him. 


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Zacharias' Prophecy<br/>And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 


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to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." 


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And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the day of his appearing unto Israel. 


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Christ Born of Mary<br/>And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.


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Glory in the Highest<br/>And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 


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And the angel said unto them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 


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And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." 


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And it came to pass, when the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which has come to pass, which the Lord has made known unto us." 


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Circumcision of Jesus<br/>And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called JESUS, who was so named by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. 


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Jesus Presented in the Temple<br/>And when the days of her purification according to the Law of Moses were accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 


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and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord: "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons." 


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Simeon Sees God's Salvation<br/>And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 


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Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer<br/>And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, 


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The Family Returns to Nazareth<br/>And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city, Nazareth. 


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The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars<br/>Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.


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And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew not of it. 


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And when they saw Him they were amazed, and His mother said unto Him, "Son, why have You thus dealt with us? Behold, Your father and I have sought You sorrowing." 


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Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor<br/>And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them. But His mother kept all these things in her heart. 


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John the Baptist Prepares the Way<br/>Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 


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Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the Word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 


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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: `Prepare you the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. 


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John Preaches to the People<br/>Then said he to the multitude who came forth to be baptized by him, "O generation of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 


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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say among yourselves, `We have Abraham as our father.' For I say unto you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 


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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." 


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He answered and said unto them, "He that has two coats, let him impare to him that has none. And he that has meat, let him do likewise." 


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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages." 


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John answered, saying unto them all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 


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His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable." 


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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ<br/>And Jesus Himself had become about thirty years of age, being <n>(as was supposed)</n> the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli, 


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who was the son of Matthat, who was the son of Levi, who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Janna, who was the son of Joseph, 


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who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Amos, who was the son of Nahum, who was the son of Esli, who was the son of Naggai, 


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who was the son of Maath, who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Semei, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Juda, 


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who was the son of Joanna, who was the son of Rhesa, who was the son of Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel, who was the son of Neri, 


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who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Addi, who was the son of Cosam, who was the son of Elmodam, who was the son of Er, 


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who was the son of Jose, who was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim, who was the son of Matthat, who was the son of Levi, 


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who was the son of Simeon, who was the son of Judah, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Jonan, who was the son of Eliakim, 


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who was the son of Melea, who was the son of Menan, who was the son of Mattatha, who was the son of Nathan, who was the son of David, 


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who was the son of Jesse, who was the son of Obed, who was the son of Boaz, who was the son of Salmon, who was the son of Nahshon, 


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who was the son of Amminadab, who was the son of Aram, who was the son of Hezron, who was the son of Perez, who was the son of Judah, 


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who was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham, who was the son of Terah, who was the son of Nahor, 


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who was the son of Serug, who was the son of Reu, who was the son of Peleg, who was the son of Eber, who was the son of Shelah, 


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who was the son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah, who was the son of Lamech, 


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who was the son of Methuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalaleel, who was the son of Cainan, 


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who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God . 


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Satan Tempts Jesus<br/>And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 


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And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written: `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God .'" 


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And the devil, taking Him up onto a high mountain, showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 


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And the devil said unto Him, "All this power will I give You, and the glory of them; for this has been delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 


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And Jesus answered and said unto him, "Get you behind Me, Satan! For it is written: `You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'" 


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Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry<br/>And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and His fame went out through all the region round about. 


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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth<br/>And He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. 


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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 


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And all bore Him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?" 


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And He said unto them, "You will surely say unto Me this proverb: `Physician, heal yourself! Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country.'" 


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But I tell you in truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. 


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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian." 


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Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit<br/>And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath days. 


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Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed<br/>And He arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her. 


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Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset<br/>Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on everyone of them, and healed them. 


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Jesus Preaches in Galilee<br/>And when it was day, He departed and went into a desert place. And the people sought Him and came unto Him and would have stayed Him, that He should not depart from them. 


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Four Fishermen Called as Disciples<br/>And it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret 


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And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people from the boat. 


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When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 


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Jesus Cleanses a Leper<br/>And it came to pass when He was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy, seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought Him, saying, "Lord, if You will, You canst make me clean." 


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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic<br/>And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 


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And when they could not find a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down on his couch through the tiling into the midst before Jesus. 


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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" 


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Matthew the Tax Collector<br/>And after these things He went forth and saw a publican named Levi, sitting in the customhouse, and He said unto him, "Follow Me." 


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And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house, and there was a great company of publicans and of others who sat down with them. 


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But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?" 


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Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting<br/>And they said unto Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but your eat and drink?" 


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And He said unto them, "Can you make the attendants <n>(wedding guests, friends)</n> of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? 


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But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days." 


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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath<br/>And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first, that He went through the cornfields. And His disciples plucked the ears of corn and, rubbing them in their hands, ate. 


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how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread and gave also to them that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" 


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Healing on the Sabbath<br/>And it came to pass also on another Sabbath, that He entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was withered. 


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But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up and stand forth in the midst." And he arose and stood forth. 


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Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy it?" 


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Jesus Chooses Twelve Disciples <n>(Apostles)</n><br/>And it came to pass in those days that He went out onto a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God . 


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Simon <n>(whom He also named Peter)</n>, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 


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Jesus Heals a Great Multitude<br/>And He came down with them and stood on the plain with the company of His disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, 


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The Beatitudes<br/>And He lifted up His eyes on His disciples and said, "Blessed be you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God . 


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Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. 


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Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 


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Rejoice you in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in Heaven; for in like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 


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Woe unto you that are full, for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 


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Love Your Enemies<br/>"But I say unto you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you. 


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And if you do good to them that do good to you, what thanks have ye? For sinners also do even the same. 


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And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have ye? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 


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But love you your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest; for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 


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Do Not Judge<br/>"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. 


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Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete, therewith it shall be measured to you again." 


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Or how canst you say to your brother, `Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye,' when you yourself beholds not the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! Cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother's eye. 


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A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit<br/>"For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 


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A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.


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He is like a man who built a house and dug deep and laid the foundation on a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock. 


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Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant and Teaches in Galilee<br/>Now when He had ended all His sayings in the audience of the people, He entered into Capernaum. 


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And Jesus went with them. And when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying unto Him, "Lord, trouble not Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof. 


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For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers. And I say unto one, `Go', and he goes; and to another, `Come,' and he cometh; and to my servant, `Do this,' and he does it." 


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When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned about and said unto the people who followed Him, "I say unto you, I have not found so great a faith, no, not in Israel." 


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Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain<br/>And it came to pass the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and many people. 


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And He came and touched the bier, and those who bore him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say unto you, arise." 


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And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet is risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." 


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John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus<br/>And the disciples of John told him of all these things.


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And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus asking, "Are you He that should come, or look we for another?" 


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When the men had come unto Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us unto you, asking, `Are you He that should come, or look we for another?'" 


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Then Jesus answering said unto them, "Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached. 


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And when the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak unto the people concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 


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But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously appareled and live luxuriously are in kings' courts. 


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This is he, of whom it is written: `Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.' 


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For I say unto you, among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he that is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." 


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They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another and saying, `We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept.' 


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The Son of Man is come eating and drinking, and you say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!' 


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A Sinful Woman Forgiven<br/>And one of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to meat.


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and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and began to wash His feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment. 


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Now when the Pharisee who had bidden Him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is who touchs him, for she is a sinner." 


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And Jesus answering said unto him, "Simon, I have something to say unto you." And he said, "Master, say on." 


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And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?" 


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Simon answered and said, "I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, "You have rightly judged." 


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Therefore I say unto you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." 


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Many Women Minister to Jesus<br/>And it came to pass afterward that He went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the Kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 


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and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto Him from their substance. 


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The Parable of the Sower<br/>And when many people had gathered together and had come to Him out of every city, He spoke by a parable: 


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"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 


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And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it had sprung up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. 


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And other fell on good ground, and sprang up and bore fruit a hundredfold." And when He had said these things, He cried, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear!" 


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The Parable of the Sower Explained <n>(the Meaning of it)</n><br/>Now the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God .


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Those by the wayside are they that hear; then comes  the devil and takes away the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 


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The seed on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the Word with joy, but they have no root: they for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 


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And that which fell among thorns are they that, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 


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The Parable of the Revealed Light<br/>"No man, when he has lighted a candle, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a candlestick, that they that enter in may see the light. 


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Take heed therefore how you hear, for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems  to have." 


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Jesus' Mother and Brothers Come to Him<br/>Then came to Him His mother and His brethren, and could not come near Him because of the crowd. 


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And it was told to Him by certain ones, who said, "Your mother and your brethren stand outside, desiring to see you." 


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And He answered and said unto them, "My mother and My brethren are these who hear the Word of God, and do it." 


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Wind and Wave Obey Jesus<br/>Now it came to pass on a certain day, that He went into a boat with His disciples. And He said unto them, "Let us go over unto the other side of the lake." And they launched forth. 


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And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we perish!" Then He arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm. 


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And He said unto them, "Where is your faith?" And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, "What manner of man is this? For He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!" 


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A Demon-Possessed Man Healed<br/>And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. 


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And when He went forth to land, there met Him from the city a certain man who had had devils a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 


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When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God Most High? I beseech You, torment me not!" 


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And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought Him that He would suffer them to enter into them. And He suffered them.


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When those who fed them saw what was done, they fled and went and told it in the city and in the country. 


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Then they went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man out of whom the devils had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 


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Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes and round about besought Him to depart from them, for they were taken with great fear. And He went up into the boat, and returned back again. 


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"Return to your own house, and show what great things God has done unto you." And he went his way, and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done unto him. 


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A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed<br/>And it came to pass that when Jesus had returned, the people gladly received Him, for they were all waiting for Him. 


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And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and besought Him that He would come into his house, 


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came behind Him and touched the border of His garment; and immediately her issue of blood was stanched.


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And Jesus said, "Who touched Me?" When all denied it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the multitudes throng You and press You, and sayest You, `Who touched Me?'" 


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And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. 


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While He yet spoke, there came one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Trouble not the Master." 


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But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, "Fear not; believe only, and she shall be made whole." 


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And when He came into the house, He suffered no man to go in save Peter and James and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 


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Sending Out the Twelve<br/>Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases. 


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Herod Seeks to See Jesus<br/>Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that had been done by Him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead; 


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And Herod said, "John have I beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?" And he desired to see Him. 


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Jesus Feeds Five Thousand<br/>And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. And He took them and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 


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And the people, when they learned of it, followed Him. And He received them and spoke unto them of the Kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. 


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And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve and said unto Him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about and lodge and get victuals, for we are here in a desert place. 


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But He said unto them, "Give you them to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy meat for all these people." 


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For they were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down by fifties in a company." 


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Then He took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed them and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 


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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ<br/>And it came to pass as He was alone praying, His disciples were with Him, and He asked them, saying, "Who say the people that I am?" 


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Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>And He strictly charged them and commanded them to tell no man this thing, 


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Take Up the Cross and Follow Him<br/>And He said to them all, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 


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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it. 


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For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He shall come in His own glory and in His Father's and of the holy angels. 


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Jesus Transfigured on the Mount<br/>But I tell you in truth, there are some standing here that shall not taste of death till they see the Kingdom of God ." 


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And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James, and went up onto a mountain to pray. 


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And as He prayed, the appearance of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistening. 


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But Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep. And when they were awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him. 


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And it came to pass as they departed from Him, Peter said unto Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he was saying. 


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A Boy Is Healed<br/>And it came to pass that on the next day, when they had come down from the hill, many people met Him. 


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And lo, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it tears him so that he foams again, and bruising him, hardly departs from him. 


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And Jesus answering said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring your son here." 


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And as he was yet coming, the devil threw him down and tore him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. 


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Jesus Again Predicts His Death<br/>And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered everyone at all the things which Jesus did, He said unto His disciples, 


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"Let these sayings sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of men." 


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But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not; and they were afraid to ask Him about that saying. 


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Who Is the Greatest?<br/>Then there arose a reasoning among them as to which of them should be greatest.


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and said unto them, "Whosoever shall receive this child in My name receives Me; and whosoever shall receive Me receives Him that sent Me. For he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." 


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Jesus Forbids Sectarianism<br/>And John answered and said, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Your name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us." 


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A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior<br/>And it came to pass, when the time had come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 


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and He sent messengers before His face. And they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him.


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And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will You that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?" 


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For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another village. 


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The Cost of Discipleship<br/>And it came to pass that, as they went along the way, a certain man said unto Him, "Lord, I will follow You whithersoever You go." 


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And Jesus said unto him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." 


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And He said unto another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father." 


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And another also said, "Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go bid those farewell who are at home at my house." 


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And Jesus said unto him, "No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God ." 


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The Seventy Sent Out<br/>After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city and place where He Himself would come. 


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Therefore He said unto them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His harvest. 


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And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it shall return to you again. 


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And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 


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`Even the very dust of your city, which cleaves on us, we do wipe off against you. Notwithstanding, be you sure of this: that the Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.' 


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Woe to the Impenitent Cities<br/>"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 


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He that hears you hears Me, and he that despises you despises Me, and he that despises Me despises Him that sent Me." 


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The Seventy Return with Joy<br/>And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through Your name." 


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Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 


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Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven." 


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Jesus Rejoices in the Spirit<br/>In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit and said, "I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 


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All things are delivered to Me by My Father, and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal Him." 


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And He turned unto His disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see. 


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For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them." 


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The Parable of the Good Samaritan<br/>And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 


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And he answering said, "`You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.'" 


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And Jesus answering said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. 


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And by chance there came down a certain priest that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 


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And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him and passed by on the other side. 


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And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, `Take care of him; and whatsoever you spendest more, when I come again I will repay you.' 


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Mary <n>(Serving)</n> and Martha <n>(Worshiping)</n> <br/>Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. 


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But Martha was encumbered with much serving, and came to Him and said, "Lord, dost You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me." 


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Jesus Teaches How to Pray <n>(The Model or Method of Prayer)</n><br/>And it came to pass that as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, "Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples." 


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And He said unto them, "When you pray, say: Our Father who are in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth. 


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And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." 


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A Friend Comes at Midnight<br/>And He said unto them, "Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him, `Friend, lend me three loaves, 


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Keep <n>(Continue)</n> Asking, Seeking, Knocking <n>(A.S.K.)</n><br/>And I say unto you: ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 


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"If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 


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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?" 


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A House Divided Cannot Stand<br/>And He was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass when the devil had gone out, the dumb one spoke; and the people wondered. 


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But He, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls. 


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If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand -- because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub? 


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An Unclean Spirit Returns<br/>"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places seeking rest; and finding none, he says, `I will return unto my house where I came out.' 


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Then he goes and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first." 


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Keeping the Word<br/>And it came to pass, as He spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts which You have sucked." 


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Seeking a Sign<br/>And when the people were gathered thick together, He began to say, "This is an evil generation. They seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 


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The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 


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The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 


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The Lamp of the Body<br/>"No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light. 


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The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 


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If your whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle does give you light." 


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Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers<br/>And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee besought Him to dine with him. And He went in and sat down to meat. 


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And the Lord said unto him, "Now do you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 


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"But woe unto you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God. These ought you to have done, and not left the other undone. 


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Woe unto you, Pharisees! For you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets. 


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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them." 


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Then answered one of the lawyers and said unto Him, "Master, thus saying, you reproachest us also." 


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And He said, "Woe unto you also, you lawyers! For you laden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 


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Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. 


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"Therefore also said the wisdom of God : `I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,' 


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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 


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from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. 


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Woe unto you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, you hindered." 


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Jesus Preaches to the Multitude; Beware of Hypocrisy<br/>In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trod one upon another, He began to say unto His disciples first of all, "Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 


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Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.


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Jesus Teaches the Fear of God<br/>"And I say unto you, My friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 


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Confess Christ Before Men<br/>"Also I say unto you, whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God . 


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And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven. 


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"And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates and powers, take you no thought how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say. 


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The Parable of the Rich Fool<br/>And one of the company said unto Him, "Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me." 


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And He said unto them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." 


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And He spoke a parable unto them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 


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And he thought within himself, saying, `What shall I do, because I have no room to store my fruits?' 


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And he said, `This will I do. I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there will I store all my fruits and my goods. 


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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.' 


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But God said unto him, `You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you. Then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?' 


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Do Not Worry<br/>And He said unto His disciples, "Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. 


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Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap, they neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you better than the fowls? 


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Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 


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If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith? 


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For all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you have need of these things. 


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Sell what you have, and give alms. Provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 


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The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant<br/>"Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning; 


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Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 


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And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those servants. 


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And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken into. 


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And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 


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And that servant, who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 


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But he that knew not and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 


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Christ Brings Division<br/>"I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled? 


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The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." 


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Discern the Time<br/>And He said also to the people, "When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, `There comes  a shower'; and so it is. 


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When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are on the way, be diligent that you may be delivered from him, lest he hale you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison. 


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Repent or Perish; Parables of the Kingdom<br/>There were present at that season some who told Him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.


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The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree<br/>He spoke also this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 


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Then said he unto the keeper of his vineyard, `Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbers it the ground?' 


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And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and was bowed down and could in no way lift herself up. 


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But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, "There are six days in which men ought to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 


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The Lord then answered him and said, "You hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering? 


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And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" 


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And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him. 


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The Parable of the Mustard Seed<br/>Then said He, "Unto what is the Kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I compare it? 


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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." 


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The Narrow Way<br/>And He went through the cities and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 


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"Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able. 


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then shall you begin to say, `We have eaten and drunk in Your presence, and You have taught in our streets.' 


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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 


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And He said unto them, "Go you and tell that fox, `Behold, I cast out devils and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' 


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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem<br/>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not! 


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Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; and verily I say unto you, you shall not see Me until the time come when you shall say, `Blessed is He that comes  in the name of the Lord.'" 


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A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath<br/>And it came to pass, as He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched Him. 


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Take the Lowly Place<br/>And He put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when He marked how they chose out the chief places, saying unto them, 


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and he that bade you and him come and say to you, `Give this man your place,' and you begin with shame to take the lowe place. 


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and you shall be blessed, for they cannot recompense you. For you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." 


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The Parable of the Great Supper<br/>And when one of those who sat at meat with Him heard these things, he said unto Him, "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God ." 


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And he sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, `Come, for all things are now ready.' 


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And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said unto him, `I have bought a piece of ground, and I need to go and see it. I pray you have me excused.' 


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And another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I pray you have me excused.' 


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So that servant came and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, `Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind.' 


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Leaving All to Follow Christ<br/>And there went great multitudes with Him, and He turned and said unto them, 


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"If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 


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Tasteless Salt Is Worthless<br/>"Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 


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The Parable of the Lost Sheep<br/>Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners to hear Him.


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"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it? 


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The Parable of the Lost Coin<br/>"Or what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it? 


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And the younger of them said to his father, `Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' And he divided unto them his estate. 


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And when he came to himself, he said, `How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 


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I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you, 


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And the son said unto him, `Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.' 


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for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to be merry. 


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But as soon as this your son was come who has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.' 


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It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.'" 


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The Parable of the Unjust <n>(Dishonest)</n> Steward <n>(Servant)</n><br/>And He said also unto His disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 


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I am resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' 


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So he called everyone of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, `How much owe you unto my lord?' 


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And he said, `A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, `Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' 


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Then said he to another, `And how much owe you?' And he said, `A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said unto him, `Take your bill and write fourscore.' 


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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 


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And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 


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He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much. 


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No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." 


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The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom<br/>And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided Him. 


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"The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the Kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it. 


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"Whosoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery. 


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The Rich Man and Lazarus<br/>"There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 


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and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.


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And he cried and said, `Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' 


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And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there.' 


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for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them lest they also come into this place of torment.' 


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And Abraham said unto him, `If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.'" 


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Jesus Warns of Offenses<br/>Then said He unto His disciples, "It is impossible but that offenses will come, but woe unto him through whom they come! 


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It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall. 


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"Take heed to yourselves. If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 


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And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, `I repent,' you shall forgive him." 


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And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, `Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea,' and it should obey you. 


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But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by when he is come from the field, `Go and sit down to meat'? 


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But will you not rather say unto him, `Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird yourself and serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you shall eat and drink'? 


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So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, `We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'" 


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Ten Lepers Cleansed<br/>And it came to pass as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.


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The Coming of the Kingdom<br/>And when the Pharisees had demanded of Him when the Kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, "The Kingdom of God comes  not with outward show. 


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Neither shall they say, `Lo, it is here!' or `Lo, it is there!' For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you." 


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And He said unto the disciples, "The days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you shall not see it. 


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For as the lightning that flashes one part under heaven shines unto the other part under heaven, so shall also the Son of Man be in His day. 


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They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 


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"Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 


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In that Day, he that shall be upon the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 


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Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 


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I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 


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And they answered and said unto Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said unto them, "Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." 


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The Parable of the Persistent Widow<br/>And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint, 


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And shall not God avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? 


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I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" 


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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector<br/>And He spoke this parable unto certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 


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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank You that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 


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I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other; for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted." 


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Jesus Blesses Little Children<br/>And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them; but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 


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Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." 


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Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler<br/>And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, "Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 


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You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery.' `Do not kill.' `Do not steal.' `Do not bear false witness.' `Honor your father and your mother.'" 


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Now when Jesus heard these things, He said unto him, "Yet lackest you one thing: sell all that you have and distribute unto the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me." 


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With God All Things Are Possible<br/>And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, "How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God ! 


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who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting." 


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Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection<br/>Then He took unto Him 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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A Blind Man Receives His Sight<br/>And it came to pass that as He was coming nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging. 


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saying, "What will you that I shall do unto you?" And he said, "Lord, that I may receive my sight." 


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Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus' House; Jesus Rides into Jerusalem <br/>And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.


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And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying that He had gone to be the guest of a man who was a sinner. 


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The Parable of the Minas<br/>And as they heard these things, He added and spoke a parable, because He was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the Kingdom of God should immediately appear. 


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And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, `Make use of it till I come.' 


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But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, `We will not have this man to reign over us.' 


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And it came to pass that when he had returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 


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And he said unto him, `Well done, you good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, have you authority over ten cities.' 


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And another came, saying, `Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin. 


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For I feared you, because you are an austere man: you take up what you layest not down, and reapest what you did not sow.' 


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And he said unto him, `Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping what I did not sow. 


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Why then gave not you my money unto the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with interest?' 


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And he said unto them that stood by, `Take from him the pound and give it to him that has ten pounds.' 


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`For I say unto you, that unto everyone that has shall be given; and from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him. 


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But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.'" 


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saying, "If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which must be for your peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. 


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And they shall lay you even with the ground and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another, because you knewest not the time of your visitation." 


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Jesus Cleanses the Temple<br/>And He went into the temple and began to cast out those who sold therein and those who bought, 


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Disputes in Jerusalem<br/>And it came to pass that on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the Gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon Him with the elders 


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Jesus' Authority Questioned<br/>and spoke unto Him, saying, "Tell us by what authority do you these things? Or who is he that gave you this authority? 


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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we shall say `From Heaven,' he will say, `Why then have you not believed him?' 


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But if we say, `Of men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet." 


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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers<br/>Then He began to speak to the people this parable: "A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 


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And at the season, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty. 


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Then said the lord of the vineyard, `What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him when they see him.' 


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He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others." And when they heard it they said, "God forbid!" 


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Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." 


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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?<br/>And they watched Him and sent forth spies, who should feign themselves to be just men, that they might take hold of His words and so they might deliver Him unto the power and authority of the governor. 


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And they asked Him, saying, "Master, we know that you sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest you the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly. 


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And He said unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's." 


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The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? <br/>Then came to Him certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked Him, 


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Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?<br/>And He said unto them, "How say they that Christ is David's son? 


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"Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 


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who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers. The same shall receive greater damnation." 


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The Widow's Two Mites<br/>And He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury, 


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Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple<br/>And when some spoke of the temple and how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, He said, 


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"As for these things which you behold, the days will come in which there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down." 


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The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age<br/>And they asked Him, saying, "Master, but when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?" 


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And He said, "Take heed that you be not deceived, for many shall come in My name, saying, `I am Christ <n>(a Christian)</n>,' and, `the time draws near.' Go you not therefore after them. 


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and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pestilences. And fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 


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But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, and you will be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake. 


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The Destruction of Jerusalem<br/>"And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 


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The Coming <n>(Return)</n> of the Son of Man <n>(Christ in Judgment)</n><br/>"And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress among nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring. 


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The Parable of the Fig Tree<br/>And He spoke to them a parable: "Behold the fig tree and all the trees. 


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The Importance of Watching<br/>"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that Day come upon you unawares. 


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The Beginning of the Lord's Supper<br/>Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 


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The Plot to Kill Jesus<br/>And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people. 


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Jesus and His Disciples Prepare the Passover<br/>Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb must be killed.


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Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper<br/>And when the hour had come, He sat down and the twelve apostles with Him. 


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The Disciples Argue About Greatness<br/>And there was also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 


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that you may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." 


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Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial<br/>And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 


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Supplies for the Road<br/>And He said unto them, "When I sent you without purse and pack and shoes, lacked you anything?" And they said, "Nothing." 


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The Prayer in the Garden<br/>And He came out and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed Him. 


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Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane<br/>And while He yet spoke, behold, a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him. 


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When those who were about Him saw what would follow, they said unto Him, "Lord, shall we smite with the sword?" 


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Then Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and the elders, who had come to Him, "Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and staves? 


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When I was daily with you in the temple, you stretched forth no hands against Me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness." 


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Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly<br/>Then they took Him and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 


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And after a little while another saw him and said, "You are also of them." And Peter said, "Man, I am not!" 


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And after the space of about an hour, another confidently affirmed, saying, "In truth this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilean." 


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And Peter said, "Man, I know not what you sayest!" And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crowed. 


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And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, "Prophesy! Who is it that smote you?" 


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Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin<br/>And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led Him into their council, saying, 


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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate<br/>And the whole multitude of them arose and led Him unto Pilate.


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Jesus Is Tried<br/>And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king." 


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And Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "You sayest it." 


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And as soon as he learned that He belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. 


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And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad, for he had been desirous to see Him for a long time, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. 


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And Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him again to Pilate. 


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And on the same day, Pilate and Herod were made friends together, for before that there was enmity between them. 


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Taking the Place of Barabbas<br/>And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 


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said unto them, "You have brought this man unto me as one who perverts the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things whereof you accuse him. 


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And he said unto them the third time, "Why? What evil has he done? I have found no cause for death in him. I will therefore chastise him and let him go." 


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But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that He might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 


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And he released unto them the one who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. 


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The King on a Cross<br/>And as they led Him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 


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For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, `Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore and the breasts which never gave suck.' 


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And when they had come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 


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Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they parted His raiment and cast lots. 


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And the people stood beholding. And the rulers who were also with them derided Him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he be Christ, the chosen of God ." 


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And a superscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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And one of the malefactors who was hanged railed against Him, saying, "If you be Christ, save yourself and us!" 


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But the other answering rebuked him, saying, "Dost not you fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 


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And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this Man has done nothing amiss." 


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Jesus Dies on the Cross<br/>And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 


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And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit." And having said thus, He gave up the ghost. 


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Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorifed God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man!" 


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And all the people who came together to that sight, beholding the things which had been done, smote their breasts and returned. 


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And all His acquaintances and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things. 


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Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb <br/>And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, and he was a good man and a just. 


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And he took it down and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 


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And they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment. 


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The Christ Risen<br/>Now upon the first day of the week very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared; and certain others were with them. 


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And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 


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And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, "Why seek you the living among the dead? 


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saying, `The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again.'" 


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It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and other women who were with them, who told these things unto the apostles. 


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Then arose Peter and ran unto the sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen cloths laid by themselves. And he departed, wondering to himself at that which had come to pass. 


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The Road to Emmaus<br/>And behold, two of them were going that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about seven miles. 


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And He said unto them, "What manner of communications are these that you have one to another as you walk and are sad?" 


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And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto Him, "Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?" 


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And He said unto them, "What things?" And they said unto Him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; 


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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death and have crucified Him.


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And when they found not His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. 


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And certain of those who were with us went to the sepulcher and found it even so as the women had said, but Him they saw not." 


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And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. 


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The Disciples' Eyes Opened<br/>And they drew nigh unto the village where they were going, and He made as though He would have gone further. 


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And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the way and while He opened to us the Scriptures?" 


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Jesus Appears to His Disciples<br/>And as they thus spoke, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them and said unto them, "Peace be unto you." 


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Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see Me to have." 


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And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said unto them, "Have you here any meat?" 


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The Scriptures Opened<br/>And He said unto them, "These are the words which I spoke unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Me." 


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and said unto them, "Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 


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and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 


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And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high." 


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The Ascension of Christ<br/>And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 


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The Eternal Word<br/>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . 


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The Word Becomes Flesh<br/>And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us <n>(and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father)</n>, full of grace and truth. 


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John bore witness of Him and cried, saying, "This was He of whom I spoke, `He that comes  after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'" 


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No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. 


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A Voice in the Wilderness : Testimony of John the Baptist<br/>And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 


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And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you that Prophet?" And he answered, "No." 


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Then said they unto him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What sayest you of yourself?" 


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He said, "I am `the voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord,"' as said the prophet Isaiah." 


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And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why dost you baptize then if you are not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that Prophet?" 


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John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you know not. 


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He it is who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's strap I am not worthy to unloose." 


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The Lamb of God<br/>The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 


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This is He of whom I said, `After me comes  a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.' 


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And I knew Him not; but that He should be made manifest to Israel, therefore have I come baptizing with water." 


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And John bore record, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and It abode upon Him. 


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And I knew Him not. But He that sent me to baptize with water, the Same said unto me, `Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, the Same is He that baptizes with the Holy Spirit .' 


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Then Jesus turned and saw them following, and said unto them, "What seek you?" They said unto Him, "Rabbi" <n>(which is to say, being interpreted, "Master")</n>, "where dwellest Thou?" 


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He said unto them, "Come and see." They came and saw where He dwelt and stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 


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He first found his own brother Simon and said unto him, "We have found the Messiah" <n>(which is, being interpreted, "the Christ")</n>. 


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Philip and Nathanael<br/>And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, He said, "You are Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" <n>(which is by interpretation, "a stone")</n>. 


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The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and found Philip and said unto him, "Follow Me." 


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Philip found Nathanael and said unto him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 


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And Nathanael said unto him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said unto him, "Come and see." 


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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" 


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Nathanael said unto Him, "How know You me?" Jesus answered and said unto him, "Before Philip called you, when you wast under the fig tree, I saw you." 


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Jesus answered and said unto him, "Because I said unto you, `I saw you under the fig tree,' believest you? You shall see greater things than these." 


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Jesus' First Miracle at Cana <n>(Water Turned to Wine)</n><br/>And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 


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And there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece. 


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And He said unto them, "Draw some out now, and bear it unto the governor of the feast." And they took it. 


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When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, not knowing from where it had come <n>(but the servants who drew the water knew)</n>, the governor of the feast called the bridegroom 


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and said unto him, "Every man at the beginning does set forth good wine, and when men have drunk well, then that which is worse; but you have kept the good wine until now." 


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This beginning of miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. 


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After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brethren and His disciples; and they continued there a few days. 


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and found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and also the changers of money, sitting there. 


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And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overthrew the tables. 


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And He said unto those who sold doves, "Take these things hence! Make not My Father's house a house of merchandise!" 


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Then the Jews answered and said unto Him, "What sign showe you unto us, seeing that you do these things?" 


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Then said the Jews, "Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?" 


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When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this unto them. And they believed the Scripture and the Word which Jesus had said. 


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The Discerner of Hearts<br/>Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover on the feast day, many believed in His name when they saw the miracles which He did. 


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The same came to Jesus by night and said unto Him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that you do, unless God be with him." 


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You Must Be Born Again <n>(New Birth)</n><br/>Jesus answered and said unto him, "Verily, verily I say unto you, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God ." 


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Nicodemus said unto Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 


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Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto you, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God . 


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The wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell where it comes  and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit ." 


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Verily, verily I say unto you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen; and you receive not our witness. 


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If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, how shall you believe if I tell you of heavenly things? 


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And no man has ascended up to Heaven, but He that came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man who is in Heaven. 


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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 


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"He that believes in Him is not condemned; but He that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God . 


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And this is the condemnation: that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 


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For everyone that does evil hates the light, neither comes  to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 


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But he that does truth comes  to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God ." 


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After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He tarried with them, and baptized. 


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John the Baptist Exalts Christ<br/>And John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized, 


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And they came unto John and said unto him, "Rabbi, He that was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bearest witness -- behold, the same baptizes and all men come to Him." 


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You yourselves bear me witness that I said, `I am not the Christ,' but that `I am sent before Him.' 


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He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy, therefore, is fulfilled. 


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"He that comes  from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He that comes  from Heaven is above all. 


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He that believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." 


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A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah<br/>When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John


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Then said the woman of Samaria unto Him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, askest a drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria?" For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 


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Jesus answered and said unto her, "If you knewest the gift of God and who it is that says to you, `Give Me to drink,' you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water." 


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The woman said unto Him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? 


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Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof himself, and his children and his cattle?" 


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but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." 


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The woman said unto Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw." 


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for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband. In that you saidst truly." 


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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." 


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The woman said unto Him, "I know that Messiah cometh, who is called Christ. When He has come, He will tell us all things." 


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The Whitened Harvest<br/>And upon this came His disciples and marveled that He talked with the woman; yet no man said, "What seekest you?" or, "Why talkest You with her?" 


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Say not you, `There are yet four months and then comes  the harvest'? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest. 


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I sent you to reap that whereon you bestowed no labor; other men labored, and you have entered into their labors." 


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The Savior of the World<br/>And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the saying of the woman who testified, "He told me all that ever I did." 


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and said unto the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your saying, for we have heard Him ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world." 


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Then when He had come into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did at Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast. 


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A Nobleman's Son Healed<br/>So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 


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When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto Him and besought Him that He would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 


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Jesus said unto him, "Go your way; your son lives." And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. 


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Then he inquired of them the hour when he began to be healed. And they said unto him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." 


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A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda<br/>After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 


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When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been in that state a long time, He said unto him, "Will you be made whole?" 


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The infirm man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." 


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And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 


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And he that was healed knew not who it was, for Jesus had removed Himself away, a multitude being in that place. 


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Honor the Father and the Son<br/>And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day. 


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that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father who has sent Him. 


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Life and Judgment Are Through the Son<br/>Verily, verily I say unto you, he that hears My Word and believes in Him that sent Me, has everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. 


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"Verily, verily I say unto you, the hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 


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and shall come forth -- they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 


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"I can of Mine own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father who has sent Me. 


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There is Another that bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 


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But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me that the Father has sent Me. 


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And the Father Himself, who has sent Me, has borne witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape. 


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"Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and it is they which testify of Me. 


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I have come in My Father's name, and you receive Me not; if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. 


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Jesus Feeds Five Thousand<br/>After these things Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee which is the Sea of Tiberias.


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Philip answered Him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may take a little." 


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"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes, but what are they among so many?" 


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And Jesus said, "Make the men sit down." Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 


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And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they wanted. 


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When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." 


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Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above, unto them that had eaten. 


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Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus had done, said, "This is in truth that Prophet who is coming into the world!" 


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Jesus Walks on the Sea <br/>When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force to make Him a king, He departed again onto a mountain alone. 


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The Bread from Heaven<br/>he day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save the one into which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not gone with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone 


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Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, you seek Me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 


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Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you; for on Him has God the Father set His seal." 


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Jesus answered and said unto them, "This is the work of God : that you believe in Him whom He has sent." 


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They said therefore unto Him, "What sign showe you then, that we may see and believe you? What works dost you do? 


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Then Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from Heaven. 


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And Jesus said unto them, "I am the Bread of Life. He that comes  to Me shall never hunger, and he that believes in Me shall never thirst. 


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All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and him that comes  to Me I will in no wise cast out. 


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And this is the Father's will who has sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the Last Day. 


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And this is the will of Him that sent Me: that everyone who see the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day." 


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Rejected by His Own <br/>The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, "I am the Bread which came down from Heaven." 


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And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, `I came down from Heaven'?" 


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No man can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.


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It is written in the Prophets: `And they shall all be taught by God .' Every man therefore that has heard and has learned from the Father comes  unto Me.


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I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." 


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Then Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 


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As the living Father has sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eats Me, even he shall live by Me. 


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This is that Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eats of this Bread shall live for ever." 


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Many Disciples Turn Away<br/>Many of His disciples therefore, when they had heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can hear it?" 


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When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, "Does this offend you? 


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It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 


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But there are some of you that believe not." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who believed not and who should betray Him. 


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And He said, "Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto Me, unless it were given unto him by My Father." 


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He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was who should betray Him, being one of the twelve. 


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Jesus Teaches in the Temple<br/>After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 


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Jesus' Brothers Disbelieve<br/>His brethren therefore said unto Him, "depart hence and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see the works that you doest. 


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For no man does anything in secret if he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world." 


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The world cannot hate you, but Me it hates, because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil. 


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The Heavenly Scholar<br/>But when His brethren had gone up, then He also went up unto the feast, not openly but, as it were, in secret. 


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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning Him. For some said, "He is a good man," and others said, "Nay, for he deceives the people." 


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If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be from God, or whether I speak from Myself. 


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He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He that seeks the glory of Him that sent Him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. 


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Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision <n>(not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers)</n>, and you on the Sabbath day circumcise a man. 


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If a man receive circumcision on the Sabbath day, that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day? 


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Could This Be the Christ?<br/>Then said some of them from Jerusalem, "Is not this he whom they seek to kill? 


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But lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 


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Yet we know from where this man comes; but when Christ cometh, no man will know from where He comes." 


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Then Jesus cried out in the temple as He taught, saying, "You both know Me, and you know from where I am. And I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me is true, whom you know not. 


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And many of the people believed in Him and said, "When Christ cometh, will He do more miracles than these which this man has done?" 


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Jesus and the Religious Leaders<br/>The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 


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Then the Jews said among themselves, "where will he go that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? 


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What manner of saying is this that he said, `You shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am, thither you cannot come'?" 


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The Promise of the Holy Spirit<br/>On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. 


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He that believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." 


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<n>(But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believe in Him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)</n> 


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Who Is He?<br/>Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, "In truth this is the Prophet." 


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Hath not the Scripture said that Christ comes  out of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?" 


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Rejected by the Authorities<br/>Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said unto them, "Why have you not brought him?" 


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They answered and said unto him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for out of Galilee arises no prophet." 


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And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down and taught them. 


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And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 


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This they said testing Him, that they might have cause to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not. 


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So when they continued asking Him, He lifted Himself up and said unto them, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." 


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And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even unto the last, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing in the midst. 


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When Jesus had lifted Himself up and saw none but the woman, He said unto her, "Woman, where are those your accusers? Hath no man condemned you?" 


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She said, "No man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more." 


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Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the Light of the world. He that followes Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." 


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Jesus Defends His Self-Witness<br/>The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, "You bearest record of yourself; your record is not true." 


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Jesus answered and said unto them, "Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true, for I know where I came and where I go; but you cannot tell where I come and where I go. 


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Then they said unto Him, "Where is your father?" Jesus answered, "You neither know Me, nor My Father. If you had known Me, you should have known My Father also." 


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These words spoke Jesus in the treasury as He taught in the temple, and no man laid hands on Him, for His hour was not yet come. 


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Jesus Predicts His Departure<br/>Then Jesus said again unto them, "I go My way, and you shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins. where I go, you cannot come." 


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And He said unto them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 


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I said therefore unto you that you shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am He, you shall die in your sins." 


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Then they said unto Him, "Who are you?" And Jesus said unto them, "Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 


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I have many things to say and to judge of you, but He that sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of Him." 


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Then said Jesus unto them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall you know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father has taught Me, I speak these things. 


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And He that sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I do always those things that please Him." 


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The Truth Shall Make You Free<br/>Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed in Him, "If you continue in My Word, then are you My disciples indeed. 


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They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man. How sayest you, `You shall be made free'?" 


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Abraham's Seed and Satan's<br/>I know that you are Abraham's seed, but you seek to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you. 


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I speak that which I have seen with My Father, and you do that which you have seen with your father." 


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They answered and said unto Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said unto them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. 


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But now you seek to kill Me, a Man that has told you the truth, which I have heard from God : this did not Abraham. 


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You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God ." 


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Jesus said unto them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me. 


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You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it. 


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Before Abraham Was, I AM<br/>He that is of God hears God's words; you therefore hear them not, because you are not of God ." 


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Then the Jews answered and said unto Him, "Say we not well that you are a Samaritan and have a devil?" 


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Then said the Jews unto Him, "Now we know that you have a devil! Abraham is dead and the prophets; and you sayest, `If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death.' 


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Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest you yourself?" 


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Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father that honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God . 


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Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I should say, `I know Him not,' I shall be a liar like unto you. But I know Him and keep His saying. 


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Then they took up stones to cast at Him; but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. 


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A Man Born Blind and Receives His Sight<br/>And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from his birth. 


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And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 


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Jesus answered, "Neither has this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 


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When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay 


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and said unto him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" <n>(which interpreted means, "Sent")</n>. He went his way therefore and washed, and came back seeing. 


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The neighbors therefore, and those who before had seen that he was blind, said, "Is not this he that sat and begged?" 


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He answered and said, "A man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, `Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' And I went and washed, and I received sight." 


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The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man<br/>They brought to the Pharisees him that beforehand was blind.


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Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, "He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do see." 


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Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not of God, because he keeps not the Sabbath day." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was a division among them. 


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They said unto the blind man again, "What sayest you of him, that he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 


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But the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 


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And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 


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These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already that if any man confessed that He was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 


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Then they again called the man who was blind and said unto him, "Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner." 


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He answered and said, "Whether he be a sinner or not, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see." 


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He answered them, "I have told you already, and you did not hear. Why would you hear it again? Will you also be his disciples?" 


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The man answered and said unto them, "Why, herein is a marvelous thing: that you know not from where he is, and yet he has opened mine eyes. 


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Now we know that God hears not sinners, but if any man be a worshiper of God and does His will, him He heartth. 


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They answered and said unto him, "You wast altogether born in sins, and dost you teach us?" And they cast him out. 


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True Vision and True Blindness<br/>Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when He had found him, He said unto him, "Do you believe in the Son of God ?" 


