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"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.
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"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
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Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.
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For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
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Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.'