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But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
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Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.
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Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
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And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
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How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
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“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
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Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
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But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
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For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
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Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
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Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
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they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
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Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
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“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
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He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
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“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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Warning Against the Teachers of the Law
As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
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As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
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“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
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Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
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“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
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“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.