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For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' "

For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many.

How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.

For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

" 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

"Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!'

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'