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Matthew · read by Dick Woodward
129 verses, in order. Only the verses Dick read aloud are shown.
Matthew 5
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When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,Read from NKJV · I Can't, but He Can
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Read from ESV · Ministers of Comfort and Recipe for Rest
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Read from ESV · Ministers of Reconciliation
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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.Read from NKJV · Ministers of Reconciliation
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Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Read from NKJV · Channels of Love and the Catheterized Heart
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.Read from ESV · The Content of the Sermon on the Mount - Part 2
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Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Read from ESV · Exceptional Righteousness
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Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.Read from NKJV · The Character and the Culture
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Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.Read from NKJV · The Character and the Culture
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You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.Read from NKJV · The Character and the Culture
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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.Read from NKJV · The Character and the Culture
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Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.Read from NKJV · The Character and the Culture
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In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and the Lives of Men
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For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not murder' and 'Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be subject to the fire of hell.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Brother
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Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' Anything more comes from the evil one.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.'Read from ESV · The Law of God and Your Word
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But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;Read from NKJV · God-Likeness
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Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.Read from NKJV · The Law of God and Your Word
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You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'Hate your enemy.'Read from ESV · God-Likeness
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,Read from NKJV · God-Likeness
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that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Read from NKJV · God-Likeness
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If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?Read from NKJV · God-Likeness
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And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?Read from NKJV · God-Likeness
Matthew 6
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"Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Giving
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So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Giving
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But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Giving
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so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Giving
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And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Read from ESV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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Give us this day our daily bread.Read from ESV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.Read from NKJV · The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer and the Manner of a Disciple's Prayer
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When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,Read from NASB1995 · Forgiveness and Fasting
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so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.Read from ESV · Spiritual Values
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But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.Read from ESV · Spiritual Values
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The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?Read from NKJV · Kingdom Values
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And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'Read from NKJV · Kingdom Values
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For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Values
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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.Read from NKJV · Kingdom Values
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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.Read from NKJV · Kingdom Values
Matthew 7
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For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Read from NKJV · The 'Me-First' Club
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Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?Read from NKJV · The 'Me-First' Club
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How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while there is still a beam in your own eye?Read from NKJV · The 'Me-First' Club
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You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.Read from ESV · Old Testament Survey - Part 7
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Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.Read from NKJV · The 'Me-First' Club
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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Read from ESV · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.Read from NASB1995 · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?Read from NKJV · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?Read from NKJV · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!Read from NKJV · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Read from NKJV · The Coming and Going of the Disciples
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Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Read from ESV · Deciding for Jesus
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Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!'Read from NASB1995 · Deciding for Jesus
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!"Read from NKJV · Deciding for Jesus
Matthew 11
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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Read from KJV · Old Testament Survey - Part 12
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Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Read from NASB1995 · Ministers of Comfort and Recipe for Rest
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For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."Read from ESV · Ministers of Comfort and Recipe for Rest
Matthew 18
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Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?"Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Then the servant fell on his knees before him. 'Have patience with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.'Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.'Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Then the master summoned him and declared, 'You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?'Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
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That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."Read from NKJV · Forgiveness and Fasting
Matthew 19
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and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?Read from NASB1995 · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.Read from NKJV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife
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Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery."Read from ESV · The Law of God, Your Adversary, Women, and Your Wife