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And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
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But *he* said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep [it].
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But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
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For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
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A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.
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Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.
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But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
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The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
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See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
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If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.
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But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.