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As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "Thisgeneration is a wickedgeneration; it seeks for a sign, and yet nosign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
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"The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of thisgeneration at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, somethinggreater than Solomon is here.
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"The men of Nineveh will stand up with thisgeneration at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, somethinggreater than Jonah is here.
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"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your wholebodyalso is full of light; but when it is bad, your bodyalso is full of darkness.
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But the Lordsaid to him, "Now you Phariseesclean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
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"But woe to you Pharisees! For you paytithe of mint and rue and every kind of gardenherb, and yet disregardjustice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have donewithoutneglecting the others.
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But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weighmendown with burdenshard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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"For thisreasonalso the wisdom of Godsaid, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killedbetween the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be chargedagainstthisgeneration.'