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These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.

But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; 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.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

He says to them, But who do you say that I am?

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?