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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues.<br />

St Matthew ch. 23, v. 5<br />

Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be<br />

exalted.<br />

St Matthew ch. 23, v. 12.<br />

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe <strong>of</strong> mint and anise and<br />

cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters <strong>of</strong> the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these<br />

ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.<br />

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.<br />

St Matthew ch. 23, v. 23<br />

Ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full<br />

<strong>of</strong> dead men’s bones, and <strong>of</strong> all uncleanness.<br />

St Matthew ch. 23, v. 27<br />

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto<br />

thee, how <strong>of</strong>ten would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens<br />

under her wings, and ye would not!<br />

St Matthew ch. 23, v. 37<br />

Ye shall hear <strong>of</strong> wars and rumours <strong>of</strong> wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must<br />

come to pass but the end is not yet.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 6<br />

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 7<br />

When ye therefore shall see the abomination <strong>of</strong> desolation, spoken <strong>of</strong> by<br />

Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:).<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 15. See Daniel ch. 12, v. 11<br />

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 28<br />

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 35<br />

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and<br />

giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,<br />

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Son <strong>of</strong> Man be.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 38<br />

One shall be taken, and the other left.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 40<br />

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.<br />

St Matthew ch. 24, v. 42<br />

Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will<br />

make thee a ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy <strong>of</strong> thy lord.

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