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"Be on your guard! 1If your brothersins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
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"And if he sinsagainst you 2seventimes a day, and returns to you seventimes, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him."
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3The apostlessaid to 4the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
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And 5the Lordsaid, "If you hadfaithlike6a mustardseed, you would say to this7mulberrytree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea '; and it would obey you.
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"Which of you, having a slaveplowingortendingsheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Comeimmediately and sitdown to eat'?
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"But will he not say to him, '8Preparesomething for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward* you may eat and drink '?
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"He does not thank the slavebecause he did the things which were commanded, does he?
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"So you too, when you doall the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthyslaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.' "
Ten Lepers Cleansed
11While He was 9on the way to Jerusalem, 10He was passingbetween*Samaria and Galilee.
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As He entered a village, tenleprousmenwho11stood at a distancemet Him;
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and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, 12Master, havemercy on us!"