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Jesus said to the Twelve
“As you go, make this proclamation:
   ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
   no sack for the journey, or a second tunic,
   or sandals, or walking stick.
The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter,
   look for a worthy person in it,
   and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it;
   if not, let your peace return to you.”

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Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery.
But I say to you, 
          everyone who looks at a woman with lust
          has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
If your right eye causes you to sin, 
          tear it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
          than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
And if your right hand causes you to sin, 
          cut it off and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
          than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.
"It was also said,
          Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce.
But I say to you,
          whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful)
          causes her to commit adultery,
          and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

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Jesus said to his disciples:
    “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that
    of the scribes and Pharisees,
    you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
  
 “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors,
    You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.
 But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother
    will be liable to judgment,
    and whoever says to his brother,
    ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin,
    and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
 Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar,
    and there recall that your brother
    has anything against you,
    leave your gift there at the altar,
    go first and be reconciled with your brother,
    and then come and offer your gift.
 Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him.
 Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge,
    and the judge will hand you over to the guard,
    and you will be thrown into prison.
 Amen, I say to you,
    you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”

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Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”

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Pentecost Sequence To The Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, send forth the heavenly radiance of your light.

Come, father of the poor, come, giver of gifts, come, light of the heart.

Greatest comforter, sweet guest of the soul, sweet consolation.

In labor, rest, in heat, temperance, in tears, solace.

O most blessed light, fill the inmost heart of your faithful.

Without your grace, there is nothing in us, nothing that is not harmful.

Cleanse that which is unclean, water that which is dry, heal that which is wounded.

Bend that which is inflexible, fire that which is chilled, correct what goes astray.

Give to your faithful, those who trust in you, the sevenfold gifts.

Grant the reward of virtue, grant the deliverance of salvation, grant eternal joy.

Amen

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Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; t is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."

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Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
   and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
   and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her,
   he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
   “Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
After this, aware that everything was now finished,
   in order that the scripture might be fulfilled,
   Jesus said, “I thirst.”
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop
   and put it up to his mouth.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said,
   “It is finished.”
And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.

Now since it was preparation day,
   in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath,
   for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one,
   the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken
   and they be taken down.
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
   and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,
   they did not break his legs,
   but one soldier thrust his lance into his side,
   and immediately Blood and water flowed out.

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Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved,
   the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper
   and had said, “Master, who is the one who will betray you?”
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”
Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?
You follow me.”
So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die.
But Jesus had not told him that he would not die,
   just “What if I want him to remain until I come?
What concern is it of yours?”

It is this disciple who testifies to these things
   and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did,
   but if these were to be described individually,
   I do not think the whole world would contain the books
   that would be written.

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After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,  
          he said to Simon Peter, 
          "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" 
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." 
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs." 
He then said to Simon Peter a second time, 
          "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."  
He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 
He said to him the third time, 
          "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, 
          "Do you love me?" and he said to him, 
          "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." 
Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. 
Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, 
          you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted;  
          but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, 
          and someone else will dress you 
          and lead you where you do not want to go." 
He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. 
And when he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

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Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
"I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me,
so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may be brought to perfection as one,
that the world may know that you sent me,
and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me.
I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
that they may see my glory that you gave me,
because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them."

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Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:
"Holy Father, keep them in your name
that you have given me,
so that they may be one just as we are one.
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me,
and I guarded them, and none of them was lost
except the son of destruction,
in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But now I am coming to you.
I speak this in the world
so that they may share my joy completely.
I gave them your word, and the world hated them,
because they do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world.
I do not ask that you take them out of the world
but that you keep them from the Evil One.
They do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth."

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