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Underthesecircumstances, after so manythousands of people had gatheredtogether that they were stepping on oneanother, He begansaying to His disciplesfirst of all, " Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,which is hypocrisy. .
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"Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered** in the innerrooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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"And everyonewhospeaks a wordagainst the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemesagainst the HolySpirit, it will not be forgiven him.
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"When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about howorwhat you are to speak in your defense, orwhat you are to say;
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Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guardagainsteveryform of greed; for not even whenonehas an abundance does his lifeconsist of his possessions."
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And He said to His disciples, "For thisreason I say to you, do not worryabout your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
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"But ifGodsoclothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, howmuchmore will He clothe you? You men of littlefaith!
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"Sell your possessions and give to charity; makeyourselvesmoneybelts which do not wear out, an unfailingtreasure in heaven, wherenothiefcomesnearnormothdestroys.
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"Be likemen who are waiting for their masterwhen he returns from the weddingfeast, so that they may immediatelyopen the door to him when he comes and knocks.
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"Blessed are thoseslaveswhom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
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"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at whathour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
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And the Lordsaid, "Whothen is the faithful and sensiblesteward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the propertime?
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"But if that slavesays in his heart, 'My master will be a longtime in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves*, both men and women, and to eat and drink and getdrunk;
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the master of that slave will come on a daywhen he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyonewho has been givenmuch, much will be required; and to whom they entrustedmuch, of him they will askall the more.
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"They will be divided, fatheragainstson and sonagainstfather, motheragainstdaughter and daughteragainstmother, mother-in-lawagainstdaughter-in-law and daughter-in-lawagainstmother-in-law."
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"For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judgeturn you over to the officer, and the officerthrow you into prison.