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For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side.
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And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee, and will not leave one stone upon another within thee; because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation."
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Then Jesus entered the Temple and proceeded to drive out the dealers.
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"It is written," He said, "`And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
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And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.
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But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.