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- Matthew 1:20
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But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
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- Matthew 1:22
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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
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- Matthew 3:3
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This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
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- Matthew 3:9
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And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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- Matthew 3:17
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And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
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- Matthew 4:3
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The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
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- Matthew 4:9
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“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
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- Matthew 5:19
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So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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- Matthew 5:37
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Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
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- Matthew 6:25
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Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
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- Matthew 6:29
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Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
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- Matthew 6:32
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For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
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- Matthew 6:33
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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
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- Matthew 7:12
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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
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- Matthew 7:24
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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- Matthew 7:26
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But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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- Matthew 7:28
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
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- Matthew 8:9
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For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
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- Matthew 8:27
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The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
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- Matthew 9:3
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On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
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- Matthew 9:18
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While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
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- Matthew 9:26
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And the news about this spread throughout that region.
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- Matthew 9:28
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After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
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- Matthew 10:2
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These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
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- Matthew 10:5
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These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
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- Matthew 10:22
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You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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- Matthew 10:23
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When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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- Matthew 10:42
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And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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- Matthew 11:7
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As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
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- Matthew 11:10
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This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
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- Matthew 11:16
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To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
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- Matthew 11:25
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At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
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- Matthew 12:11
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He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
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- Matthew 12:23
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The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
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- Matthew 12:24
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But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
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- Matthew 12:27
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And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
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- Matthew 12:31
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Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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- Matthew 12:32
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Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
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- Matthew 12:41
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The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
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- Matthew 12:42
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The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
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- Matthew 12:45
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Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
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- Matthew 13:13
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This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
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- Matthew 13:15
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For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
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- Matthew 13:19
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When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
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- Matthew 13:20
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The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
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- Matthew 13:22
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The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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- Matthew 13:23
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But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
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- Matthew 13:28
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‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
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- Matthew 13:34
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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
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- Matthew 13:38
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The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
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