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In that same hour Yeshua rejoiced in the Ruach HaKodesh, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and eretz, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
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Turning to the talmidim, he said, "All things have been delivered to me from my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
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Turning to the talmidim, he 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 desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
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Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
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He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
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He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
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He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
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But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Yeshua, "Who is my neighbor?"
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Yeshua answered, "A certain man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
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By chance a certain Kohen was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.