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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. For his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

And when they came to Jesus, they were earnestly pleading with Him, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this to him;

for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."

Now Jesus was going on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not good enough for You to come under my roof.

For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!' and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!' and he does it."

And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, "Do not cry."

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"

When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?'"

But the Pharisees and the scholars of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

They are like children, sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.'

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!'

And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little."

And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.