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14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
15 And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] exalted among men [is] an abomination in the sight of God.
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He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
16 "The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.
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“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
17 But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.
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It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
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