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Andseeknotyewhat ye shall eat, orwhat ye shall drink*, neither[a] be ye of doubtful mind.
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Forall these thingsdo the nations of the world seek after: andyourFatherknoweththat ye have need of these things.
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But rather seek ye the kingdom of God;andall these things shall be added unto you.
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Fearnot,littleflock;for it isyourFather's good pleasure to giveyou the kingdom.
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Sell that yehave, andgivealms;provideyourselvesbags which waxnotold, a treasurein the heavens that faileth not,wherenothiefapproacheth, neithermothcorrupteth.
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Letyourloinsbe girded about, and your lightsburning;
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And ye yourselveslike unto men that wait for theirlord,when he will returnfrom the wedding;that when he comethandknocketh, they may open unto himimmediately.
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Blessed are thoseservants,whom the lord when he cometh shall findwatching: verily I say unto you,that he shall gird himself, andmakethem to sit down to meat, and will come forth and servethem.
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Andif he shall comein the secondwatch,orcomein the thirdwatch,andfind them so,blessedarethoseservants.
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Andthisknow, thatif the goodman of the house had knownwhathour the thief would come*, he would have watched, and*not have sufferedhishouse to be broken through.