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And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.
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To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
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And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
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If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
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For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side,
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And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
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And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought.
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Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
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And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.
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And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.