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not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them—and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon—and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.