God created man from the earth, and he made him according to his own image.
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And he returned him again to it, and he clothed him with virtue according to himself.
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He gave him the number and time of his days, and he gave him authority over all the things that are upon the earth.
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He placed the fear of him over all flesh, and he had dominion over wild beasts and flying things.
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He created from him a helper, similar to himself. He gave them counsel, and language, and sight, and hearing, and a heart, in order to think. And he filled them with the discipline of understanding.
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He created within them the knowledge of the spirit. He filled their heart with understanding, and he showed them both good and evil.
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He set his eye upon their hearts, to reveal to them the greatness of his works,
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so that they might highly praise the name of sanctification, and give glory to his wonders, so that they might declare the greatness of his works.
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In addition, he gave them discipline and the law of life, as their inheritance.
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He established an eternal covenant with them, and he revealed to them his justice and judgments.
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And their eye saw the greatness of his honor, and their ears heard the honor of his voice, and he said to them: “Beware of all iniquity.”
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And he commanded each one concerning his neighbor.
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Their ways are always in his sight; they are not hidden from his eyes.
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Over each and every people, he has appointed a ruler.
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And Israel was made to be the manifest portion of God.
Mark 10: 13- 16
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And they brought to him the little children, so that he might touch them. But the disciples admonished those who brought them.
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But when Jesus saw this, he took offense, and he said to them: “Allow the little ones to come to me, and do not prohibit them. For of such as these is the kingdom of God.
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Amen I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, will not enter into it.”
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And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
A sweet word multiplies friends and mitigates enemies. And thankful words abound in a good man.
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Allow many to be at peace with you, but allow one out of a thousand to be your counselor.
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If you would obtain a friend, test him before you accept him, and do not trust him readily.
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For there is a friend according to his own time, but he will not remain in the day of tribulation.
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And there is a friend who can be turned to animosity. And there is a friend who will reveal hatred and ridicule and insults.
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And there is a friend who is a companion at table, but he will not remain in a day of need.
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A friend, if he remains steadfast, will be to you as you are to yourself, and he will act with faithfulness among those of your household.
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If he humbles himself before you and hides himself from your face, you shall have a noble and harmonious friendship.
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Distance yourself from your enemies, and pay attention to your friends.
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A faithful friend is a strong shelter, and whoever has found one has found a treasure.
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Nothing is comparable to a faithful friend, and no weight of silver or gold is worth more than the goodness of his fidelity.
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A faithful friend is a medicine for life and immortality; and those who fear the Lord will find one.
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He who fears God will have a similar good friendship, because his friend will be like him.
Mark 10: 1- 12
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And rising up, he went from there into the area of Judea beyond the Jordan. And again, the crowd came together before him. And just as he was accustomed to do, again he taught them.
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And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?”
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But in response, he said to them, “What did Moses instruct you?”
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And they said, “Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her.”
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But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you.
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But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
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Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.
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And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh.
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Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
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And again, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing.
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And he said to them: “Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
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And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.”
Do not choose to seek iniquitous possessions, and you should not say: “I have all I need in life.” For it will be of no benefit to you in the time of retribution and darkness.
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You should not pursue, in your strength, the desires of your heart.
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And you should not say: “How powerful am I?” or, “Who will cast me down because of my deeds?” For God will vindicate with vengeance.
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You should not say, “I sinned, and what grief has befallen me?” For the Most High is a patient recompensor.
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Do not be willing to be without fear concerning a forgiven sin, and you should not add sin upon sin.
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And you should not say: “The compassion of the Lord is great; he will take pity on the multitude of my sins.”
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For both mercy and wrath go forth quickly from him, and his wrath sets its gaze upon sinners.
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You should not delay being converted to the Lord, and you should not set it aside from day to day.
Mark 9: 40- 49
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For whoever, in my name, will give you a cup of water to drink, because you belong to Christ: Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
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And whoever will have scandalized one of these little ones who believe in me: it would be better for him if a great millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
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And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life disabled, than having two hands to go into Hell, into the unquenchable fire,
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where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.
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But if your foot causes you to sin, chop it off: it is better for you to enter into eternal life lame, than having two feet to be cast into the Hell of unquenchable fire,
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where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.
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But if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the Hell of fire,
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where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.
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For all shall be salted with fire, and every victim shall be salted with salt.
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Salt is good: but if the salt has become bland, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace among yourselves.”
And then you shall be like an obedient son of the Most High, and he will take pity on you more than a mother would.
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Wisdom breathes life into her sons, and she lifts up those who are seeking her, and she will precede them in the way of justice.
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And he who loves her loves life. And those who watch for her shall embrace her delights.
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Those who hold to her will inherit life. And whatever place she enters, God will bless.
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Those who serve her will yield to what is holy. And God loves those who love wisdom.
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He who listens to her shall judge the nations. And he who gazes upon her will remain secure.
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If he believes in her, he will inherit her, and whatever arises from him will be confirmed.
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For she walks with him through temptation, and she chooses him from the beginning.
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She will lead fear and dread and trials over him, and she will crucify him with the tribulation of her doctrine, until she has tested him in his thoughts and she can trust in his soul.
Mark 9: 37- 39
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John responded to him by saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; he does not follow us, and so we prohibited him.”
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But Jesus said: “Do not prohibit him. For there is no one who can act with virtue in my name and soon speak evil about me.
Son, when you apply yourself to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare your soul for temptation.
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Humble your heart, and persevere. Incline your ear, and accept words of understanding. And you should not hurry away in the time of distress.
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Endure steadfastly for God. Join yourself to God, and persevere, so that your life may increase in the very end.
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Accept everything that will happened to you, and persevere in your sorrow, and have patience in your humiliation.
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For gold and silver are tested in fire, yet truly, acceptable men are tested in the furnace of humiliation.
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Believe God, and he will restore you to health. And straighten your way, and hope in him. Observe his fear, and grow old in it.
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You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. And do not turn away from him, lest you fall.
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You who fear the Lord, believe in him. And your reward will not be taken away.
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You who fear the Lord, hope in him. And mercy will approach you, to your delight.
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You who fear the Lord, love him. And your hearts will be illuminated.
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My sons, consider the nations of men, and know that not one of them hoped in the Lord and was confounded.
Mark 9: 29- 36
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And setting out from there, they passed through Galilee. And he intended that no one know about it.
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Then he taught his disciples, and he said to them, “For the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and having been killed, on the third day he will rise again.”
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But they did not understand the word. And they were afraid to question him.
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And they went to Capernaum. And when they were in the house, he questioned them, “What did you discuss on the way?”
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But they were silent. For indeed, on the way, they had disputed among themselves as to which of them was greater.
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And sitting down, he called the twelve, and he said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the minister of all.”
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And taking a child, he set him in their midst. And when he had embraced him, he said to them:
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“Whoever receives one such child in my name, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives not me, but him who sent me.”
All wisdom is from the Lord God, and has always been with him, and is before all time.
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Who has numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of the rain, and the days of the world? Who has measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?
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Who has examined the wisdom of God, which precedes all things?
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Wisdom was created before all things, and the understanding of prudence is before all time.
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The Word of God on high is the source of wisdom, whose steps are eternal commandments.
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To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed, and who has recognized her astuteness?
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To whom has the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? And who has understood the multiplicity of her steps?
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The most high omnipotent Creator is One, and he is the mighty King, and he is exceedingly to be feared, sitting upon his throne, and he is the sovereign God.
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He created wisdom through the Holy Spirit, and he saw her, and numbered her, and measured her.
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And he poured her over all his works, and over all flesh, to the extent of his favor, and he has offered her to those who love him.
Mark 9: 13- 28
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And approaching his disciples, he saw a great crowd surrounding them, and the scribes were arguing with them.
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And soon all the people, seeing Jesus, were astonished and struck with fear, and hurrying to him, they greeted him.
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And he questioned them, “What are you arguing about among yourselves?”
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And one from the crowd responded by saying: “Teacher, I have brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit.
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And whenever it takes hold of him, it throws him down, and he foams and gnashes with his teeth, and he becomes unconscious. And I asked your disciples to cast him out, and they could not.”
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And answering them, he said: “O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him to me.”
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And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit disturbed him. And having been thrown to the ground, he rolled around foaming.
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And he questioned his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” But he said: “From infancy.
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And often it casts him into fire or into water, in order to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, help us and take pity on us.”
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But Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe: all things are possible to one who believes.”
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And immediately the father of the boy, crying out with tears, said: “I do believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.”
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And when Jesus saw the crowd rushing together, he admonished the unclean spirit, saying to him, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you, leave him; and do not enter into him anymore.”
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And crying out, and convulsing him greatly, he departed from him. And he became like one who is dead, so much so that many said, “He is dead.”
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But Jesus, taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.
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And when he had entered into the house, his disciples questioned him privately, “Why were we unable to cast him out?”
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And he said to them, “This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting.”
And Saul rose up, and he descended into the desert of Ziph, and with him three thousand elect men of Israel, so that he might seek David in the desert of Ziph.
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Therefore, David and Abishai went to the people by night, and they found Saul lying down and sleeping in the tent, with his spear fixed in the ground at his head. And Abner and the people were sleeping all around him.
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And Abishai said to David: “God has enclosed your enemy this day in your hands. Now therefore, I will pierce him with my lance, through to the ground, once, and there will not need to be a second.”
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And David said to Abishai: “You shall not kill him. For who may extend his hand against the Christ of the Lord, and yet be innocent?”
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And so, David took the spear, and the cup of water that was at Saul’s head, and they went away. And there was no one who saw it, or realized it, or awakened, but they were all sleeping. For a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen over them.
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And when David had crossed over to the opposite side, and had stood upon the top of the hill far away, so that there was a great interval between them,
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And responding, David said: “Behold, the king’s spear. Let one of the servants of the king cross over and take it.
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And the Lord will repay each one according to his justice and faith. For the Lord has delivered you this day into my hand, but I was not willing to extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.
First Corinthians 15: 45- 49
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Just as it was written that the first man, Adam, was made with a living soul, so shall the last Adam be made with a spirit brought back to life.
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So what is, at first, not spiritual, but animal, next becomes spiritual.
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The first man, being earthly, was of the earth; the second man, being heavenly, will be of heaven.
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Such things as are like the earth are earthly; and such things as are like the heavens are heavenly.
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And so, just as we have carried the image of what is earthly, let us also carry the image of what is heavenly.
Luke 6: 27- 38
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But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
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Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.
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And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic.
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But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.
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And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.
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And if you love those who love you, what credit is due to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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And if you will do good to those who do good to you, what credit is due to you? Indeed, even sinners behave this way.
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And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is due to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive the same in return.
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So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
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Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.
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Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
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Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”
Therefore, I beg the elders who are among you, as one who is also an elder and a witness of the Passion of Christ, who also shares in that glory which is to be revealed in the future:
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pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,
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not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.
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And when the Leader of pastors will have appeared, you shall secure an unfading crown of glory.
Matthew 16: 13- 19
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Then Jesus went into parts of Caesarea Philippi. And he questioned his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”
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And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, still others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
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Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
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Simon Peter responded by saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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And in response, Jesus said to him: “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father, who is in heaven.
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And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound, even in heaven. And whatever you shall release on earth shall be released, even in heaven.”
Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.
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And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.
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And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.
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And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
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Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
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And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
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Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
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And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
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And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
Mark 8: 34-39
8:34 And calling together the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone chooses to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
8:35 For whoever will have chosen to save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life, for my sake and for the Gospel, shall save it.
8:36 For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul?
8:37 Or, what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
8:38 For whoever has been ashamed of me and of my words, among this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he will arrive in the glory of his Father, with the holy Angels.”
8:39 And he said to them, “Amen I say to you, that there are some among those standing here who shall not taste death until they see the kingdom of God arriving in power.”
And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
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And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.
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And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
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except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
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For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
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Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
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But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.”
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To Noah and to his sons with him, God also said this:
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“Behold, I will establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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and with every living soul that is with you: as much with the birds as with the cattle and all the animals of the earth that have gone forth from the ark, and with all the wild beasts of the earth.
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I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy the earth.”
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And God said: “This is the sign of the pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
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I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.
Mark 8: 27- 33
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And Jesus departed with his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, he questioned his disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”
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And they answered him by saying: “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others perhaps one of the prophets.”
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Then he said to them, “Yet truly, who do you say that I am?” Peter responded by saying to him, “You are the Christ.”
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And he admonished them, not to tell anyone about him.
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And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and by the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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And he spoke the word openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to correct him.
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And turning away and looking at his disciples, he admonished Peter, saying, “Get behind me, Satan, for you do not prefer the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.”
