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18 CHURCH & CHRISTIANITY

 

How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house?                                                                                   l0249

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.                    m0517-8/l1617

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all the things thereon. And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.                                      m2316-21

Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.                               

                                                                                                                                                                        k1117/l1946/j0216/m2113

Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.                                                                     l0725

[Of the Temple:] See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.                                                                                                                                                             m2402/k1302/l2106

Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know: for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.                                                                                                                                    j0421-4

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

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[John's disciples and the Pharisees: Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?]
Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day. No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins: else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins.                                                                                                         k0218-22/l0533-8/m0914-7

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.                                                                                                 m1618-9

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not: and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, stablish thy brethren.
[Simon: Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.]
I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.                                            l2231-4

                                                                                       
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