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It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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And he went through the cities and towns teaching and making his journey to Jerusalem.
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And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:
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Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able.
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But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
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Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence: and thou hast taught in our streets.
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And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God: and you yourselves thrust out.
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And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south: and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
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And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last.
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The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.
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And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.
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Nevertheless, I must walk to-day and to-morrow and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets; and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
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Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you that you shall not see me till the time come when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.