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from your brother's eye. 6 Do not give what
is holy to the dogs; do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under
their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened
to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give
him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who
is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! 12 So whatever you wish that men
would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
13 "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to
destruction, and many are those who enter by it. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is
hard, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a
bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear
good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Thus you will know them by their fruits.
21 "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but
he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me,
'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and
do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew
you; depart from me, you evildoers!'
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise
man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the
winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on
the rock. 26 And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be
like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27 and the rain descended, the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell. And great was its
fall."
28 And when Jesus had finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his
teaching, 29 for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
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1 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. 2 And behold, a
leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me
clean." 3 Then Jesus put out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean."
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one;

but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as
a testimony to them."
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help, 6 and
saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." 7 And Jesus
said to him, "I will come and heal him." 8 But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am
not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will
be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to
this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do
this,' and he does it." 10 When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who
followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith. 11 I
say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out
into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing