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And he said to his disciples, 1"Temptations to sina are 2sure to come, but 3woe to the one through whom they come!
24It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.b
3Pay attention to yourselves! 5If your brother sins, 6rebuke him, and if he repents, 7forgive him,
4and if he sins against you 8seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."
59The apostles said to the Lord, 10"Increase our faith!"
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And the Lord said, 11"If you had faith like 12a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this 13mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
7"Will any one of you who has a servantc plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'?
8Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and 14dress properly,d and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'?
9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are 15unworthy servants;e we have only done what was our duty.'"
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Being asked by the Pharisees 28when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God 29is not coming with signs to be observed,
21nor 30will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."h
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And he said to the disciples, 31"The days are coming when you will desire 32to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
2333And they will say to you, 'Look, there!' or 'Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them.
2434For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be 35in his day.i
25But first 36he must suffer many things and 37be rejected by this generation.
2638Just as it was in the days of 39Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
2740They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28Likewise, just as it was in the days of 41Lot--they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
2942but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all--
30so will it be 43on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
31On that day, 44let the one who is on 45the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.