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But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

But woe to you Perushim! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Woe to you Perushim! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe to you, Sofrim and Perushim, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

laying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

for the Ruach HaKodesh will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

He said to his talmidim, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Be like men looking for their lord, when he will return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.