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Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
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"Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
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"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.
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"Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.
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Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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For I say unto you that unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old, `Thou shalt not kill,' and `Whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.'
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But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, `Raca,' shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, `Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.