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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