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Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
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they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
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“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
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If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
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“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
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Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
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Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.
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If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
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“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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Warnings and Encouragements
Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
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From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
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They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
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“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.
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Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”
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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
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The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
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The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
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Warning Against the Teachers of the Law
While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,
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Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
