Hi, and welcome to
HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
I'll be reading today
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from the King James version.
You know when Jesus was in
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the wilderness and the
devil came to tempt him,
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Jesus met every temptation
of the devil through the power
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of the Word of God. And
that power is ours today.
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And we have access to it freely.
But before we go to the Word,
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Oh, my Father, thank you so much
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for giving us these
words of life and for the power
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that we can use to face every
trial, every temptation, every
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struggle. Help us now, as
we read. Give us wisdom that we
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may understand. We pray
in the name of Jesus. Amen
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I am reading today from the book
of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 18.
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Again, I am reading
from the King James version.
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Verily I say unto you,
Till heaven and earth pass,
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one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law,
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till all be fulfilled. Whosoever
therefore shall break one of
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these least commandments, and
shall teach men so, he shall be
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called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
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shall do and teach them,
the same shall be called great
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in the kingdom of heaven. For I
say unto you, that, except your
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righteousness shall exceed
the righteousness of the scribes
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and Pharisees, ye shall in
no case enter into the kingdom
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of heaven. Ye have heard that
it was said by them of old time,
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Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever shall kill
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shall be in danger of
the judgment. But I say unto
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you, That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause
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shall be in danger of
the judgment: and whosoever
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shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger
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of the council; but whosoever
shall say Thou fool, shall be in
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danger of hell fire. Therefore
if thou bring thy gift to the
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altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath aught
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against thee; leave there thy
gift before the altar, and go
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thy way; first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come
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and offer thy gift. Agree
with thine adversary quickly,
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whiles thou art in the
way with him; lest at any time
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the adversary deliver thee
to the judge, and the judge
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deliver thee to the officer,
and thou be cast into prison.
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Verily I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no means come out
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thence, till thou hast
paid the uttermost farthing.
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Ye have heard that it
was said by them of old time,
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Thou shalt not commit
adultery: But I say unto you,
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That whosoever looketh on a
woman to lust after her hath
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committed adultery with
her already in his heart.
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And if thy right eye offend
thee, pluck it out, and cast
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it from thee: for it
is profitable for thee
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that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole
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body should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand offend
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thee, cut it off, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable
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for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy
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whole body would be cast
unto hell. It hath been said
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Whosoever shall put away his
wife, let him give her a writing
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of divorcement: But I say unto
you, That whosoever shall put
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away his wife, saving
for the cause of fornication,
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causeth her to commit adultery:
and whosoever shall marry her
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that is divorced committeth
adultery. Again, ye have heard
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that it has been said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not
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forswear thyself, but
shalt perform unto the Lord
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thine oaths: But I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by
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heaven; for it is God's throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his
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footstool: neither by Jerusalem;
for it is the city of the great
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King. Neither shalt thou swear
by thy head, because thou canst
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not make one hair
white or black. But let your
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communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever
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is more than these cometh of
evil. Ye have heard that it hath
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been said, An eye for and
eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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But I say unto you, That ye
resist not evil: but whosoever
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shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other
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also, And if any man will
sue thee at the law, and take
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away thy coat, let him have thy
cloak also. And whosoever shall
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compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain. Give to him
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that asketh thee, and from
him that would borrow of thee
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turn not thou away. Ye have
heard that it hath been said,
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Thou shalt love thy
neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
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But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse
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you, do good to them that hate
you, and pray for them which
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despitefully use you,
and persecute you; that ye
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may be the children of
your Father which is in
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heaven, for he maketh
his sun to rise on the evil
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and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just
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and on the unjust. For if
ye love them which love you,
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what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same?
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And if ye salute your brethren
only, what do ye more than
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others? do not even the
publicans so? Be ye therefore
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perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
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I'm reading from the
book of Matthew, chapter six.
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Take heed that ye do not
your alms before men, to be seen
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of them; otherwise ye
have no reward of your Father
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which is in heaven. Therefore
when thou doest thine alms,
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do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in
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the synagogues and in the
streets, that they may have
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glory of men. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.
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But when thou doest alms, let
not thy left hand know what thy
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right hand doeth: That
thine alms may be in secret:
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and thy Father which seeth in
secret himself shall reward thee
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openly. And when thou
prayest, thou shalt not
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be as the hypocrites are;
for they love to pray standing
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in the synagogues and in
the corners of the streets,
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that they may be seen of
men. Verily I say unto you,
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They have their reward.
But thou when thou prayest,
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enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut thy door,
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pray to thy Father which
is in secret; and thy Father
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which seeth in secret
shall reward thee openly.
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But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do:
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for they think that they shall
be heard for their much speaking
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Be not ye not ye therefore
like unto them: for your Father
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knoweth what things ye
have need of before ye ask him.
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After this manner therefore
pray ye: Our Father which art
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in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will
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be done in earth, as it is
in heaven, Give us this day
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our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive
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our debtors. And lead
us not unto temptation,
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but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the
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power, and the
glory, for ever, Amen.
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For if ye forgive men
their trespasses, your heavenly
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Father will also forgive
you: But if ye forgive not men
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their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive
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your trespasses.
Moreover when ye fast,
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be not as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance:
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for they disfigure their faces,
that they may appear unto men
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to fast. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.
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But thou, when thou fastest,
anoint thine head, and wash
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thy face; that thou appear not
unto men to fast, but unto thy
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Father, which is in secret, and
thy Father which seeth in secret
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shall reward thee openly. Lay
not up for yourselves treasures
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upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves
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break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves
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treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth
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corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor steal:
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For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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The light of the body is
the eye: if therefore thine eye
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be single, thy whole body
shall be full of light. But if
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thine eye be evil, thy whole
body shall be full of darkness.
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If therefore the light
that is in thee be darkness,
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how great is that darkness!
No man can serve 2 masters:
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for either he will hate the
one, and love the other, or else
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he will hold to the
one, and despise the other.
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Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you,
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Take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat,
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or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body,
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what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat,
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and the body more than raiment?
Behold the fowl of the air:
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For they sow not, neither
do they reap, nor gather into
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barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much
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better than they? Which of you
by taking thought can add one
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cubit unto his stature? And
why take ye thought for raiment?
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Consider the lilies of
the field, how they grow:
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they toil not, neither do they
spin: And yet I say unto you,
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That even Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed
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like one of these. Wherefore
if God so clothe the grass
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of the field, which today is and
tomorrow is cast into the oven,
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shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith?
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Therefore take no thought,
saying, What shall we eat?
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or, What shall we drink? or
Wherewithal shall we be clothed.
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For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek:
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for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need
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of all these things. But seek
ye first the kingdom of God,
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and His righteousness; and
all these things shall be added
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unto you. Take therefore
no thought for the morrow:
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for the morrow shall
take thought for the things
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of itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.
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I'm reading in the book
of Matthew, chapter seven.
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Judge not, that ye be not
judged. For with what judgment
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ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete,
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shall be measured to you again.
And why beholdest thou the mote
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that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam
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that is in thine own eye? Or
how wilt thou say to thy brother
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Let me pull out the mote out of
thine eye; and, behold, a beam
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is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out
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the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly
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to cast out the mote
out of thy brother's eye.
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Give not that which is
holy unto the dogs, neither cast
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ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under
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their feet, and
turn again and rend you.
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Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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and it shall be opened unto
you. For every one that asketh
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receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth;
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and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened. Or what man
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is there of you, whom if his son
ask bread, will he give him a
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stone? or if he ask a fish,
will he give him a serpent?
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If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts
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unto your children, how
much more shall your Father
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which is in heaven give good
things to them that ask him?
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Therefore all things whatsoever
ye would that men should do
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unto you, do ye even so
to them: for this is the law
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and the prophets. Enter ye
in at the strait gate: for wide
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is the gate, and broad
is the way, that leadeth
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to destruction, and many
there be which go in thereat:
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Because strait is the gate, and
narrow the way, which leadeth
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unto life, and few
there be that find it.
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Beware of false prophets, which
come to you in sheep's clothing,
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but inwardly they are ravening
wolves. Ye shall know them
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by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes of thorns, or figs of
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thistles? Even so every good
tree bringeth forth good fruit;
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but a corrupt tree bringeth
forth evil fruit. A good tree
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cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree
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bring forth good
fruit. Thank you again
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for joining me for
the reading of God's Word.
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Until we are together
again, May the joy of the Lord,
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be your strength and may He
keep you always in His care.
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God bless you.
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