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Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.
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The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.
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Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
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There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
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And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
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Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
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And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
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And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.