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But he said, Yes, rather blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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And when the people were assembled in crowds, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with 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 Nineveh 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 man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.
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The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thy eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
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Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
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If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light; as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to eat.
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And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.