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
of the bible. When we last read
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together, it was about the
parable of the wedding feast.
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and how the king had prepared
this delicious banquet and the
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people who had been invited
were too busy with other things
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to be bothered. And they didn't
come. And it's easy for me to
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look at that and think how
foolish that is. Until I stop
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to realize that I have
here the wonderful word of God;
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and too many times it seems
that life is busy and full of
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things that would distract
us and take our attention away
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from it. Let's not be like
those foolish wedding guests
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and ignore this wonderful gift.
Now that we're here and can
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read the words of life, let's
begin but first let's go to God
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and thank him for this wonderful
gift. - Dear heavenly Father,
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thank you for giving us
the precious gift of life.
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Life that we can come to
and access over and over again,
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whenever we need it. Help us
not to be the people who hear
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and don't actually listen,
the people who see but don't
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have their eyes open to
the treasure. But give us ears
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to hear and a heart
to understand that we may
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be wise and grow in wisdom with
you. We ask it in Jesus name and
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we love you. Amen. - Again,
I'm reading from the King James
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version in the book of Matthew,
chapter 22, and I'll begin with
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verse 11. - And when the
king came in to see the guests,
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he saw there a man which
had not on a wedding garment.
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and he saith unto him, Friend,
how camest thou in hither, not
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having a wedding garment? And
he was speechless. Then said the
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king to the servants, Bind
him hand and foot, and take him
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away and cast him into outer
darkness; there shall be weeping
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and gnashing of teeth. For many
are called, but few are chosen.
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Then went the Pharisees,
and took counsel how they might
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entangle him in his talk.
And they sent out unto him
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their disciples with
the Herodians, saying,
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Master, we know that thou
art true, and teachest the way
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of God in truth, neither carest
thou for any man: for thou
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regardest not the person of
men. Tell us therefore, What
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thinkest thou? Is it lawful
to give tribute unto Caesar,
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or not? But Jesus perceived
their wickedness, and said,
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Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Shew me the tribute money.
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And they brought unto him a
penny. And he saith unto them,
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whose is this
image and superscription?
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They say unto him, Caesar's.
Then saith he unto them,
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Render therefore unto Caesar
the things which are Caesar's;
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and unto God the things that are
God's. When they had heard these
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words, they marveled, and
left him, and went their way.
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The same day came to him the
Sadducees, which say that there
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is no resurrection, and asked,
him, Saying, Master, Moses said,
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If a man die having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife
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and raise up seed unto
his brother. Now there were
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with us seven brethren: and
the first, when he had married a
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wife, deceased, and having
no issue, left his wife unto his
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brother: Likewise the second
also, and the third, unto the
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seventh. And last of all
the woman died also. Therefore
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in the resurrection whose
wife shall she be of the seven?
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for they all had her. Jesus
answered and said unto them
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Ye do err, not knowing
the scriptures, nor the power
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of God. For in the resurrection
they neither marry, nor are
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given in marriage, but are
as the angels of God in heaven.
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But as touching the resurrection
of the dead, have ye not read
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that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying, I am the God of
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Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob? God is not
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the God of the dead, but of the
living. And when the multitude
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heard this, they were astonished
at his doctrine. But when the
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Pharisees had heard that he had
put the Sadducees to silence,
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they were gathered together.
Then one of them, which was
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a lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
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Master, which is the
great commandment in the law?
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Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all
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thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
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This is the first and
great commandment. And the
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second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
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thyself. On these
two commandments, hang
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all the law and the prophets.
While the Pharisees were
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gathered together, Jesus asked
them, Saying, What think ye of
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Christ? whose son is he? They
say unto him, The son of David.
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He saith unto them, How then
doth David in spirit call him
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Lord, saying, The Lord said
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
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right hand, till I make
thine enemies thy footstool?
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If David then call him
Lord, how is he his son?
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And no man was able to answer
him a word, neither durst any
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man from that day forth
ask him any more questions.
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I'm reading from
the book of Matthew,
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and beginning with chapter 23.
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Then spake Jesus to the
multitude and to his disciples,
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Saying, The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
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All therefore whatsoever they
bid you observe, that observe
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and do; but do not ye
after their works: for they say,
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and do not. For they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne
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and lay them on men's shoulders;
but they themselves will not
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move them with one of their
fingers. But all their works
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they do for to be seen
of men: they make broad
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their phylacteries, and enlarge
the borders of their garments.
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And love the uppermost rooms at
the feasts, and the chief seats
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in the synagogues, and
greetings in the markets,
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and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi. But be not ye called
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Rabbi: for one is your
Master, even Christ; and all ye
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are brethren. And call no
man your father upon the earth:
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for one is your Father, which is
in heaven. Neither be ye called
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master: for one is
your Master, even Christ.
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But he that is greatest
among you shall be your servant.
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And whosoever shall
exalt himself shall be abased;
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and he that shall humble
himself shall be exalted.
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But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
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shut up the kingdom of heaven
against men: for ye neither go
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in yourselves, neither suffer ye
them that are entering to go in.
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Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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for ye devour widows' houses,
and for a pretence make long
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prayer: therefore ye shall
receive the greater damnation.
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Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, Hypocrites!
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for ye compass sea and
land to make one proselyte,
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and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell
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than yourselves. Woe unto
you, ye blind guides, which say,
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Whosoever shall swear by
the temple, it is nothing;
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but whosoever shall swear
by the gold of the temple,
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he is a debtor! Ye fools and
blind: for whether is greater,
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the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
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And, Whosoever shall swear
by the altar, it is nothing:
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but whosoever sweareth
by the gift that is upon it,
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he is guilty. Ye fools and
blind, for whether is greater,
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the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
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Whoso therefore shall swear
by the altar, sweareth by it,
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and by all things thereon. And
whoso shall swear by the temple,
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sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein.
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And he that shall swear
by heaven, sweareth by the
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throne of God, and by
him that sitteth thereon.
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Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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for ye pay tithe of mint
and anise and cummin, and have
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omitted the weightier matters
of the law, judgment, mercy,
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and faith: these ought ye
to have done, and not to leave
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the other undone. Ye blind
guides, which strain at a gnat,
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and swallow a camel. Woe
unto you scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites! for ye make clean
the outside of the cup and of
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the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess.
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Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse
first that which is within the
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cup and platter, that the
outside of them may be clean
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also. Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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for ye are like unto
whited sepulchers, which indeed
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appear beautiful outward, but
are within full of dead men's
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bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so ye also outwardly
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appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy
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and iniquity. Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites! because ye
build the tomb of the prophets,
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and garnish the sepulchers
of the righteous, and say, If we
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had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been
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partakers with them in
the blood of the prophets.
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Wherefore ye be witnesses
unto yourselves, that ye are the
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children of them which killed
the prophets. Fill ye up then
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the measure of your fathers.
Ye serpents, ye generation
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of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell. Wherefore,
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behold, I send unto you prophets
and wise men, and scribes:
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and some of them ye shall kill
and crucify; and some of them
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shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute
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them from city to city:
That upon you may come all the
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righteous blood shed
upon the earth, from the blood
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of righteous Able unto the blood
of Zacharias, son of Barachias,
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whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar. Verily I say unto
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you, All these things
shall come upon this generation.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou that killest the prophets,
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and stoneth them which are sent
unto thee, how often would I
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have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen
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gathereth her chickens under
her wings, and ye would not!
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Behold your house is left unto
you desolate. For I say unto you
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You shall not see me henceforth,
till ye shall say, Blessed is he
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that cometh in
the name of the Lord.
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Reading from the
book Matthew chapter 24,
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And Jesus went out, and
departed from the temple:
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and his disciples came to him
for to shew him the buildings
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of the temple. And Jesus said
unto them, See ye not all these
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things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here
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one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down
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And as he sat upon the mount of
Olives, the disciples came unto
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him privately, saying, Tell
us, when shall these things be?
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and what shall be the sign
of thy coming, and of the end of
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the world? And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Take heed
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that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name,
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saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many. And ye shall
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hear of wars and rumors of wars:
see that ye be not troubled:
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for all these things must come
to pass, but the end is not yet.
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For nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against
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kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences,
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and earthquakes, in
divers places. All these are the
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beginning of sorrows.
Then shall they deliver you up
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to be afflicted, and shall
kill you: and ye shall be hated
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of all nations for thy name's
sake. And then shall many be
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offended, and shall betray
one another and shall hate one
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another. And many false prophets
shall rise, and shall deceive
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many. And because iniquity
shall abound, the love of many
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shall wax cold. But he
that shall endure unto the end,
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the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom
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shall be preached in all
the world for a witness unto all
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nations; and then shall the end
come. When ye therefore shall
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see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of
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by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place,
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- whoso readeth,
let him understand: -
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Then let them which be in
Judea flee into the mountains:
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Let him which is on the housetop
not come down to take anything
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out of his house: neither
let him which is in the field
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return back to take his clothes.
And woe unto them that are
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with child, and to them
that give suck in those days!
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But pray ye that your
flight be not in the winter,
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neither on the Sabbath day: For
then shall be great tribulation,
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such as was not since
the beginning of the world
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to this time, no, nor ever
shall be. And except those days
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should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved.
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But for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened.
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Thank you again, for joining
me for the reading of these
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wonderful words of life.
Until we come together again,
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may God bless you and
keep you and your family
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in His care. Goodbye.
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