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But he said, Rather, blessed
are those that hear the word of God and keep it.
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And gathering the people unto him, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment against the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon
is here.
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The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah
is here.
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No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts
it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a lampstand that those who come in may see the light.
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The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is sincere, thy whole body also is full of light; but when
thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
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Take heed therefore if the light which is in thee is darkness.
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If thy whole body therefore
is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light as when the bright shining of a lamp doth give thee light.
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And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him, and he went in and sat down to food.
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And when the Pharisee saw
it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.