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Matthew 23:22                                  713                                 Matthew 24:24

               by him that dwelleth therein.    22  And he that                        24
               sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of       1  And Iesus went out, and departed from the
               God, and by him that sitteth thereon.  23 Wo be   Temple, and his disciples came to him, to shewe
               to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye  him the building of the Temple. And Iesus sayd
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               tithe mynt, and annyse, and cummyn, and leaue     vnto them, See ye not all these things? Verely
               the weightier matters of the law, as iudgement,   I say vnto you, there shall not be here left a
               and mercy and fidelitie. These ought ye to haue   stone vpon a stone, that shall not be cast downe.
               done, and not to haue left the other.  24 Ye blinde  3  And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his
               guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe
               a camell.  25  Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises,  disciples came vnto him apart, saying, Tell vs
               hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side     when these things shall be, and what signe shalbe
               of the cup, and of the platter: but within they   of thy comming, and of the ende of the world.
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               are ful of briberie and excesse.  26  Thou blinde  And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Take
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               Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and  heede that no man deceiue you. For many shall
               platter, that the outside of them may be cleane   come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall
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               also.  27  Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises,    deceiue many. And ye shall heare of warres, and
               hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes,   rumours of warres: see that ye be not troubled:
               which appeare beautifull outward, but are within  for all these things must come to passe, but the
               full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.  28  So  end is not yet.  7  For nation shall rise against
               are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous nation, and realme against realme, and there
               vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie shalbe famine, and pestilence, and earthquakes
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               and iniquitie.  29  Wo be vnto you, Scribes and in diuers places. All these are but ye beginning
               Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of of sorowes.   9  Then shall they deliuer you vp to
               the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be
               righteous,  30 And say, If we had bene in the dayes hated of all nations for my Names sake.  10  And
               of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners then shall many be offended, and shall betray
               with them in the blood of the Prophets.  31 So then one another, and shall hate one another.  11 And
               ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the  many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceiue
               children of them that murthered the Prophets.     many.  12  And because iniquitie shalbe increased,
               32  Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers.  33 O  the loue of many shalbe colde.  13  But he that
               serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should   endureth to the ende, he shalbe saued.  14 And this
               ye escape the damnation of hell!   34  Wherefore  Gospel of the kingdome shalbe preached through
               beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men,  the whole world for a witnes vnto all nations, and
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                                                                                              When ye therefore
                                                                 then shall the end come.
               and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie:  shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of
               and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues,  by Daniel the Prophet, set in the holy place (let
               and persecute from citie to citie,  35  That vpon  him that readeth consider it.)  16  Then let them
               you may come all the righteous blood that was     which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.  17 Let
               shed vpon the earth, from the blood of Abel       him which is on the house top, not come downe
               the righteous, vnto the blood of Zacharias the    to fetch any thing out of his house.  18  And he
               sonne of Barachias, whome ye slewe betweene       that is in the fielde, let not him returne backe to
               the Temple and the altar.   36  Verely I say vnto fetch his clothes.  19 And woe shalbe to them that
               you, all these things shall come vpon this gen- are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in
               eration.  37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest those dayes.  20  But pray that your flight be not
               the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.    21 For
               to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
               children together, as the henne gathereth her from the beginning of the worlde to this time,
               chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not! nor shalbe.       22 And except those dayes should be
               38  Beholde, your habitation shalbe left vnto you shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but
               desolate,  39 For I say vnto you, ye shall not see for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
               mee henceforth till that ye say, Blessed is he that  23  Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is
               commeth in the Name of the Lord.                  Christ, or there, beleeue it not.  24 For there shall
                                                                 arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall
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