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January 28 - Wisdom for Real Life · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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  rooted in Scripture and relevant for today, January 28th.
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  Wisdom for real life. Have you ever felt overwhelmed
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  by how many voices are competing for your attention?
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  Every scroll, every notification, every opinion
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  seems to tell you who you should be, what you should want, and
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  how you should live. It's noisy out there, and if
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  you're not careful, you can end up drifting, following trends,
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  chasing quick thrills, or making choices that feel good in the
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  moment but leave you empty later.
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  That's why Proverbs Chapter 9, verse 6 is such a clear
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  invitation. It says leave your simple ways
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  and live and walk in the way of insight.
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  God isn't insulting anyone by calling them simple.
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  He's calling us higher. He's saying there's more to life
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  than reacting, copying, or coasting.
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  Wisdom is an intentional choice. It's deciding to grow up
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  spiritually, to think deeper, and to walk a path that actually
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  leads somewhere good. Psalm 12 reminds us why that
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  matters so much. Verse 6 says the words of the
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  Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the
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  ground, purified 7 times. People's words can be
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  unreliable. Promises get broken, advice
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  changes, influencers contradict themselves.
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  But God's word is different. It's tested, refined, and
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  trustworthy. When everything else feels
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  shaky, God's word stays solid. It doesn't manipulate.
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  It doesn't exaggerate. It tells the truth even when the
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  truth is uncomfortable because it's meant to lead you to life.
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  Then Jesus brings it home. In Matthew chapter 25, He
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  explains that what you do with what God has given you actually
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  matters. He says for to everyone who has
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  will more be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the
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  one who has, not even what He has will be taken away.
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  That's not about favoritism, it's about stewardship.
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  God gives each of us time, gifts, opportunities, and
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  influence. When we use them wisely, even in
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  small ways, He grows them. But when we ignore them, waste
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  them, or bury them out of fear or distraction, we miss out on
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  what could have been. Wisdom for real life isn't about
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  having all the answers. It's about choosing the right
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  voice. It's about trusting God's Word
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  over the noise, choosing growth over comfort, and using what you
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  already have instead of waiting for something bigger or easier.
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  A wise life isn't built overnight.
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  It's built through daily decisions to listen, to trust,
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  and to act in faith. You don't have to be the
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  loudest, the fastest, or the trendiest to live well.
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  You just have to be willing to walk an insight, trust God's
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  Word and be faithful with what's in front of you In a noisy
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  world. Wisdom leads you to a life that
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  lasts. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for offering me wisdom in the middle
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  of so much noise. Help me leave behind shallow
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  ways of thinking and walk and insight that leads to life.
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  Teach me to trust Your word as pure and unchanging and give me
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  the courage to use what You've already placed in my hands.
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  I want to live with purpose, faith and focus, honoring You in
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  every choice I make in Jesus name, Amen.
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  What if the ache you feel for more is actually God calling you
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  deeper? Thirst for God is a powerful
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  for believers who refuse to live on spiritual leftovers.
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  This is a journey from longing to encounter, from dryness to
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  delight. Seek teaches you how to pursue
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  God with passion and intentionality.
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  Savor trains your heart to recognize and enjoy His presence
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  in every season. C opens your spiritual eyes to
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  God's power, glory, and beauty at work in your life.
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  Satisfy leads your soul into fullness, strength, and deep
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  contentment in Him alone. Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and
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  worship that rises naturally from intimacy with God.
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  Stay anchors your heart in steadfast devotion when
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  distractions try to pull you away, and Stand equips you to
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  remain firm in God's justice, protection, and victory.
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  deeper intimacy with the God who satisfies.
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  Now I invite you to spend time with God in today's three-year
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  Bible reading plan. Proverbs Chapter 9, verses 1 to
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  12 World English Bible Wisdom has built her house.
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  She has carved out her seven pillars.
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  She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine.
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  She has also set her table. She has sent out her maidens.
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  She cries from the highest places of the city.
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  Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.
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  As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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  come eat some of my bread, drink some of the wine which I have
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  mixed. Leave your simple ways and live.
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  Walk in the way of understanding.
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  One who corrects A mocker invites insult.
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  One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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  Don't reprove A scoffer, lest he hate you.
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  Reprove a wise person and he will love you.
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  Instruct a wise person and he will be still wiser.
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  Teach a righteous person and he will increase in learning.
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  The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
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  The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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  For by me your days will be multiplied, the years of your
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  life will be increased. If you are wise, you are wise
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  for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear
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  it. Psalm Chapter 12 World English
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  Bible for the chief musician upon an 8 stringed lyre a Psalm
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  of David. Help Yahweh for the godly man
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  ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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  Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips
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  and with a double heart. May Yahweh cut off all
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  flattering lips and the tongue that boasts.
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  Who have said with our tongue we will prevail.
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  Our lips are our own. Who is Lord over us because of
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  the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the
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  needy? I will now arise, says Yahweh.
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  I will set Him in safety from those who malign him.
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  Yahweh's words are flawless words as silver refined in a
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  clay furnace, purified 7 times. You will keep them, Yahweh, You
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  will preserve them from this generation forever.
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  The wicked walk on every side when what is vile is exalted
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  among the sons of men. Matthew Chapter 25 World English
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  Bible Then the Kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took
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  their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 5 of them were
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  foolish and five were wise. Those who were foolish when they
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  took their lamps took no oil with them, but the wise took oil
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  in their vessels with their lamps.
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  Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and
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  slept. But at midnight there was a cry.
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  Behold, the bridegroom is coming, come out to meet him.
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  Then all those virgins arose and trim their lamps.
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  The foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for
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  our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying,
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  What if there isn't enough for us?
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  And you, you go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves,
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  while they went away to buy. The bridegroom came, and those
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  who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the
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  door was shut. Afterward the other virgins also
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  came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
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  But he answered most certainly. I tell you, I don't know you.
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  Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in
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  which the Son of Man is coming. For it is like a man going into
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  another country who called his own servants and entrusted his
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  goods to them. To 1 he gave 5 talents, to
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  another, two, to another one, to each according to his own
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  ability. Then he went on his journey.
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  Immediately. He who received the five talents
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  went and traded with them and made another 5 talents.
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  In the same way, he also who got the two gained another 2.
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  But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the
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  earth and hid his Lord's money. Now after a long time, the Lord
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  of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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  He who received the five talents came and brought another 5
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  talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me 5 talents.
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  Behold, I have gained another 5 talents in addition to them.
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  His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you
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  have been faithful over a few things.
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  I will set you over many things, enter into the joy of your Lord.
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  He also who got the two talents came and said, Lord, you
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  delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another
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  two talents in addition to them. His Lord said to him, Well done,
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  good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few
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  things. I will set you over many things,
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  enter into the joy of your Lord. He also, who had received the
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  one talent, came and said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard
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  man, reaping where you didn't sow, and gathering where you
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  didn't scatter. I was afraid and went away and
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  hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.
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  But as Lord answered him, you wicked and slothful servant, you
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  knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't
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  scatter. You ought therefore to have
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  deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I
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  should have received back my own with interest.
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  Take away, therefore, the talent from him, and give it to Him who
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  has the 10 talents. For to everyone who has will be
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  given, and He will have abundance, but from him who
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  doesn't have even that which He has will be taken away.
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  Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness,
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  where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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  But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy
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  angels with him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
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  Before Him all the nations will be gathered, and He will
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  separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the
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  sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on His
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  right hand, but the goats on the left.
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  Then the king will tell those on his right hand, Come, blessed of
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  my father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
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  foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave
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  me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me
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  drink. I was a stranger and you took me
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  in. I was naked and you clothed me.
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  I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to
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  me. Then the righteous will answer
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  him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
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  thirsty and give you a drink? When did we see you as a
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  stranger, and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
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  When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?
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  The king will answer them most certainly, I tell you, because
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  you did it to one of the least of these, my brothers, You did
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  it to me. Then he will say also to those
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  on the left hand, Depart from me.
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  You cursed into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the
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  devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you didn't
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  give me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me no
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  drink. I was a stranger and you didn't
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  take me in naked, and you didn't clothe me sick and in prison,
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  and you didn't visit me. Then they will also answer
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  saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a
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  stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn't help you?
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  Then He will answer them saying most certainly I tell you,
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  because you didn't do it to one of the least of these, You
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  didn't do it to me. These will go away into eternal
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  punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
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