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When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
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Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
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But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!'
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There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out.
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And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
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And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
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At that very hour some Pharisees came, and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."
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And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.
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Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.'
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"