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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
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But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
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Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.
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Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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"But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
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To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
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Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.
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And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
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But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
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And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.
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But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
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Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
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"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
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Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
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And He spoke a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?
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A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
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And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?
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Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye.
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"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.