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Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
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And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
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But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
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And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
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But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
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Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.'
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.'
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift