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["Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are!

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One' !"

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,' and they will deceive many.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

"Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn't taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.

"The sensible ones answered, ‘No, there won't be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell, and buy oil for yourselves.'

"Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!'

"For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

"And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.'

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!