Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.

For as you well know, I never resorted to flattery, nor to any pretext for enriching myself. God is my witness!

For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.

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"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.

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