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Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

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And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

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and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,

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"As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

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He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;

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and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.

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"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

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"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "`Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'

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And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'

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"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet y

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You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

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"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

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"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.

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The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

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"You see all these?" He replied; "in solemn truth I tell you that there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be pulled down."

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Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?"

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And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

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but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

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but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

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And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

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"But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;

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And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

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"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

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"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.

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Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

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