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"1Do not givewhat is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearlsbeforeswine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Prayer and the Golden Rule
7"2Ask, and 3it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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"For everyone who asksreceives, and he who seeksfinds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
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"Orwhatman is there among you who, when his sonasks for a loaf, will give him a stone?
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"Orif he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
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"If you then, beingevil, knowhow to givegoodgifts to your children, 4howmuchmore will your Father who is in heavengive what is good to those who ask Him!
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"In everything, 5therefore, treatpeople the sameway you want them to treat you, for 6this is the Law and the Prophets.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
13"7Enterthrough the narrowgate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enterthrough it.
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"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
A Tree and Its Fruit
15"Beware of the 8falseprophets, whocome to you in sheep'sclothing, but inwardly are 9ravenouswolves.
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"You will 10know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes norfigs from thistles, are they?