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27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you. 29And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic. 30But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours. 31And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same. 32And if you love those who love you, what credit is due to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
1And know this: that in the last days perilous times will press near. 2Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, 3without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness, 4traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God,
19The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue. 20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evils. But gladness follows those who take up counsels of peace.
29I know that after my departure ravenous wolves will enter among you, not sparing the flock. 30And from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things in order to entice disciples after them. 31Because of this, be vigilant, retaining in memory that throughout three years I did not cease, night and day, with tears, to admonish each and every one of you.
24He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.
10And then many will be led into sin, and will betray one another, and will have hatred for one another. 11And many false prophets will arise, and they will lead many astray.
1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
25These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you. 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.
18Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
7He who has acted arrogantly will not dwell in the midst of my house. He who has spoken iniquity was not guided with the sight of my eyes. 8In the morning, I executed all the sinners of the earth, so that I might scatter all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.
26For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men. 27Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched. 28They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor. 29Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind?