Matthew 5:11; Matthew 5:12; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 5:37; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 5:45; Matthew 5:47; Matthew 5:48; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:8; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 6:21; Matthew 6:25; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 6:27; Matthew 6:32; Matthew 7:6; Matthew 7:9; Matthew 7:11; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 9:11; Matthew 9:29; Matthew 10:9; Matthew 10:13; Matthew 10:14; Matthew 10:20; Matthew 10:29; Matthew 10:30; Matthew 11:29; Matthew 12:11; Matthew 12:27; Matthew 13:16; Matthew 15:3; Matthew 15:6; Matthew 15:7; Matthew 17:17; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 17:24; Matthew 18:14; Matthew 18:19; Matthew 18:35; Matthew 19:8; Matthew 20:26; Matthew 20:27; Matthew 21:2; Matthew 21:43; Matthew 23:8; Matthew 23:9; Matthew 23:10; Matthew 23:11; Matthew 23:32; Matthew 23:34; Matthew 23:38; Matthew 24:20; Matthew 24:42; Matthew 25:8; Matthew 26:21; Matthew 26:29; Matthew 28:20

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Matthew 5:11

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
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Matthew 5:12

12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Matthew 5:16

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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Matthew 5:20

20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 5:37

37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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Matthew 5:44

44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Matthew 5:45

45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
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Matthew 5:47

47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
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Matthew 5:48

48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 6:1

1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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Matthew 6:8

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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Matthew 6:14

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Matthew 6:15

15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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Matthew 6:21

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Matthew 6:25

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
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Matthew 6:26

26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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Matthew 6:27

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
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Matthew 6:32

32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
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Matthew 7:6

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Matthew 7:9

9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
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Matthew 7:11

11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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Matthew 9:4

4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
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Matthew 9:11

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Matthew 9:29

29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;
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Matthew 10:9

9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—
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Matthew 10:13

13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.
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Matthew 10:14

14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
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Matthew 10:20

20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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Matthew 10:29

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
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Matthew 10:30

30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Matthew 11:29

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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Matthew 12:11

11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
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Matthew 12:27

27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
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Matthew 13:16

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
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Matthew 15:3

3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
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Matthew 15:6

6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Matthew 15:7

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
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Matthew 17:17

17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
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Matthew 17:20

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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Matthew 17:24

24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
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Matthew 18:14

14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
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Matthew 18:19

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 18:35

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
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Matthew 19:8

8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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Matthew 20:26

26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
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Matthew 20:27

27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—
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Matthew 21:2

2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.
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Matthew 21:43

43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
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Matthew 23:8

8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
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Matthew 23:9

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
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Matthew 23:10

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
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Matthew 23:11

11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
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Matthew 23:32

32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
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Matthew 23:34

34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
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Matthew 23:38

38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
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Matthew 24:20

20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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Matthew 24:42

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
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Matthew 25:8

8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
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Matthew 26:21

21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
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Matthew 26:29

29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
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Matthew 28:20

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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