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Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
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If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
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Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
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And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
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Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
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But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
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But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
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Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.
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And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.