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But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject unto you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven.
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In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.
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All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son and to whom the Son will reveal him.
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And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see.
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For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.
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And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?
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But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou?
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He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself.
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And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.
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But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?
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And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead.