Hi, I'm Kelly Mowrer and
welcome to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'll be reading today from the
King James Version and part of
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what we'll read is the
parable of the sower. And maybe
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if those are watching right now
who feel like their lives are
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just sort of dried up ground and
there's not really any kind of
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a harvest being prepared
there and no abundance whatever,
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But you long for that
and by the power of his word
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the Lord of the harvest
can plant the seed of hope,
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joy and peace. And he
can do that for us right now.
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But before we go to the
Word. let's go to him in prayer.
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Oh, my Father, thank you so much
that you both begin the work,
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and complete it in us. And that
we can come to you and ask that
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the dry barrenness of our hearts
be made into a fresh garden,
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that brings forth fruit to your
honor and glory. May the words
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that we read today bear fruit
in our lives. We love you and
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we pray this in the
name of Jesus. Amen.
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I'll be reading today
from the King James Version,
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the book of Matthew, chapter
12 and beginning in verse 31.
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Wherefore I say unto you,
all manner of sin and blasphemy
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shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against
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the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven unto men.
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And whosoever speaketh a
word against the Son of man,
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it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against
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the Holy Ghost, it shall not
be forgiven him, neither in this
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world, neither in the world to
come. Either make the tree good,
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and his fruit good; or else make
the tree corrupt, and his fruit
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corrupt: for the tree
is known by his fruit.
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O generation of vipers, how
can ye, being evil, speak good
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things? for out of
the abundance of the heart
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the mouth speaketh. A good
man out of the good treasure
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of the heart bringeth forth
good things: and an evil man
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out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
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But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak,
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they shall give account thereof
in the day of judgment, For by
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thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words
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thou shalt be condemned.
Then certain of the scribes
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and of the Pharisees answered,
saying, Master, we would see
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a sign from thee. But he
answered and said unto them,
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An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after
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a sign; and there shall no sign
be given to it, but the sign
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of the prophet Jonas.
For as Jonas was three days
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and three nights in the whale's
belly; so shall the Son of man
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be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
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The men Nineveh shall rise
in judgment with this generation
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and shall condemn it: because
they repented at the preaching
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of Jonas; and behold, a
greater than Jonas is here.
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The queen of the south, shall
rise up in the judgment with
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this generation, and
shall condemn it: for she came
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from the uttermost parts of
the earth to hear the wisdom of
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Solomon; and behold a
greater than Solomon is here.
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When the unclean spirit is gone
out of a man, he walketh through
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dry places, seeking rest,
and findeth none. Then he saith,
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I will return into my house
from whence I came out; and when
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he is come, he findeth it
empty, swept, and garnished.
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Then goeth he, and taketh
with himself seven other spirits
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more wicked than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there:
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and the last state of that
man is worse than the first.
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Even so shall it be also
unto this wicked generation.
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While he yet talked to
the people, behold, his mother
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and his brethren stood without,
desiring to speak with him.
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Then one said unto him, Behold,
thy mother and thy brethren
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stand without, desiring to
speak with thee. But he answered
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and said unto him, that told him
Who is my mother? and who are my
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brethren? And he stretched forth
his hand toward his disciples,
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and said, Behold my mother
and my brethren! For whosoever
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shall do the will of my Father
which is in heaven, the same
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is my brother, and
sister, and mother.
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I'm reading in the
book of Matthew, chapter 13.
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The same day went Jesus out
of the house, and sat by the sea
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side. And great multitudes
were gathered together unto him,
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so that he went into a ship
and sat; and the whole multitude
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stood on the shore. And he
spake many things unto them
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in parables, saying, Behold
a sower went forth to sow;
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And when he sowed, some
seeds fell by the way side,
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and the fowls came and devoured
them up: some fell upon stony
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places where they had not much
earth: and forthwith they sprung
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up, because they had no deepness
of earth: and when the sun was
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up, they were scorched;
and because they had no root,
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they withered away.
And some fell among thorns;
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and the thorns sprung up,
and choked them: But other fell
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into good ground, and brought
forth fruit, some an hundredfold
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some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Who hath ears to hear, let him
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hear. And the disciples
came, and said unto him,
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Why speakest thou unto them in
parables? He answered and said
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unto them, Because it is given
unto you to know the mysteries
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of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given.
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For whosoever hath, to him shall
be given, and he shall have more
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abundance: but whosoever hath
not, from him shall be taken
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away even that he hath.
Therefore speak I to them
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in parables: because they seeing
see not; and hearing they hear
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not, neither do they understand.
And in them is fulfilled the
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prophecy of Esaias, which
saith, By hearing ye shall hear,
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and shall not understand. And
seeing ye shall see, and shall
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not perceive: For this
people's heart is waxed gross,
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and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes
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they have closed; lest
at any time they should see
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with their eyes, and
hear with their ears,
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and should understand with their
heart, and should be converted,
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and I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes,
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for they see: and your ears, for
they hear. For verily I say unto
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you, That many prophets
and righteous men have desired
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to see those things which
ye see and have not seen them;
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and to hear those things which
ye hear and have not heard them.
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Hear ye therefore the parable of
the sower. When any one heareth
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the word of the kingdom,
and uuderstandeth it not, then
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cometh the wicked one and
catcheth away that which was
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sown in his heart. This is
he which received seed by the
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wayside. But he that received
the seed into stony places,
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the same is he that heareth
the word, and anon with joy
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receiveth it; yet hath he
not root in himself, but dureth
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for a while: for when
tribulation or persecution
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ariseth because of the
word, by and by he is offended.
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He also that received seed among
the thorns is he that heareth
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the word; and the care of this
world, and the deceitfulness
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of riches, choke the word, and
he becometh unfruitful. But he
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that received seed into the
good ground is he that heareth
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the word, and understandeth it;
which also beareth fruit, and
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bringeth forth, some an hundred
fold, some sixty, some thirty.
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Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying,
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The Kingdom of heaven is likened
unto a man which sowed good seed
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in his field: But while
men slept, his enemy came
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and sowed tares among
the wheat, and went his way.
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But when the blade was sprung
up, and brought forth fruit,
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then appeared the
tares also. So the servants
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of the householder came and said
unto him, Sir didst not thou sow
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good seed in thy field?
from whence then hath it tares?
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He said unto them, And enemy
hath done this. The servants
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said unto him, Wilt thou then
that we go and gather them up?
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But he said, Nay; lest while ye
gather up the tares, ye root up
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also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the
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harvest: and in the time
of harvest I will say to the
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reapers, Gather ye together
first the tares, and bind them
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in bundles to burn them: but
gather the wheat into my barn.
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Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying,
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The kingdom of heaven is
like to a grain of mustard seed,
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which a man took,
and sowed in his field:
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Which indeed is the least of
all seeds: but when it is grown,
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it is the greatest among herbs,
and becometh a tree, so that
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the birds of the air come and
lodge in the branches thereof.
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Another parable spake he
unto them; The kingdom of heaven
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is like unto leaven, which
a woman took, and hid in three
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measures of meal, till the whole
was leavened. All these things
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spake Jesus unto the multitude
in parables; and without a
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parable spake he not unto them:
That it might be fulfilled which
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was spoken by the prophet,
saying, I will open my mouth
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in parables; I will utter things
which have been kept secret
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from the foundation of
the world. Then Jesus sent the
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multitude away, and went into
the house: and his disciples
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came unto him, saying, Declare
unto us the parable of the tares
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of the field. He
answered and said unto them,
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He that soweth the good seed is
the Son of man. The field is the
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world; the good seed are
the children of the kingdom; but
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the tares are the children
of the wicked one; The enemy
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that sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of
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the world; and the
reapers are the angels.
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As therefore the tares are
gathered and burned in the fire;
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so shall it be in
the end of this world.
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The Son of man shall
send forth his angels,
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and they shall gather out
of his kingdom all things that
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offend, and them which do
iniquity; and shall cast them
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into a furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing
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of teeth. Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the
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sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears
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to hear, let him hear.
Again, the kingdom of heaven
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is like unto treasure hid in
a field; the which when a man
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hath found, he hideth, and for
joy thereof goeth and selleth
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all that he hath, and buyeth
that field. Again, the kingdom
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of heaven is like
unto a merchant man,
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seeking goodly pearls: Who
when he had found one pearl
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of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is
like unto a net, that was cast
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into the sea, and gathered
of every kind: Which, when
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it was full, they drew to shore,
and sat down, and gathered
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the good into
vessels, but cast the bad away.
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So shall it be at the end of
the world: the angels shall come
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forth and sever the wicked from
among the just, and shall cast
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them into the furnace of
fire: there shall be wailing
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and gnashing of
teeth. Jesus saith unto them,
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Have ye understood all
these things? They say unto him,
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Yea, Lord. Then said he unto
them, Therefore every scribe
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which is instructed unto the
kingdom of heaven is like unto
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a man that is an householder,
which bringeth forth out of
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his treasure things new and old.
And it came to pass, that when
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Jesus had finished these
parables, he departed thence.
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And when he was come into
his own country, he taught them
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in their synagogue, insomuch
that they were astonished,
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and said, Whence hath this man
this wisdom, and these mighty
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works? Is not this
the carpenter's son?
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Is not his mother called Mary?
and his brethren, James, and
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Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
And his sisters, are they not
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all with us? Whence then
hath this man all these things?
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And they were offended in
him. But Jesus said unto them,
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A prophet is not without honour,
save in his own country, and in
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his own house. And he did
not many might works there
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because of their unbelief.
- I'm reading from the book of
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Matthew, chapter 14. - At
that time Herod the tetrarch
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heard of the fame of Jesus,
and said unto his servants,
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This is John the Baptist;
he is risen from the dead;
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and therefore mighty works
do shew forth themselves in him.
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For Herod had laid hold on John,
and bound him and put him in
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prison for Herodias' sake, his
brother Philip's wife. For John
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said unto him, It is not
lawful for thee to have her.
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And when he would have
put him to death, he feared
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the multitude, because
they counted him as a prophet.
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But when Herod's birthday was
kept, the daughter of Herodias
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danced before them, and pleased
Herod. Whereupon he promised
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with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask.
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And she, being before instructed
of her mother, said, Give me
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here John Baptist's head in a
charger. And the king was sorry:
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nevertheless for the oath's sake
and them which sat with him at
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meat, he commanded
it to be given her.
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Thank you again for joining me
today. Goodbye and God bless you
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