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And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.