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because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'

I tell you, even if he does not give him anything after he gets up because he is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here!

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here!

"But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these things without neglecting those things also.

Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over them do not know it!

So he said, "Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers!

Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them!

As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build their tombs!

Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!"

And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not even when someone has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."

"Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come."

And he answered and said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were sinners worse than all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

At that same hour some Pharisees came up and said to him, "Go out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

Nevertheless, it is necessary for me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."