Matthew 5:21-48
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y "You have heard that it was said to those of old, z 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable a to judgment.'
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But I say to you that b everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable a to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to c the hell of fire.
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d So if e you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
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leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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f Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.
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Truly, I say to you, g you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
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h "You have heard that it was said, i 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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But I say to you that j everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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k If your right eye l causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into m hell.
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k And if your right hand l causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into m hell.
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h "It was also said, n 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
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o But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and p whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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"Again h you have heard that it was said to those of old, q 'You shall not swear falsely, but r shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
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But I say to you, s Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for t it is the throne of God,
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or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is u the city of the great King.
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And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; v anything more than this comes from evil.
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h "You have heard that it was said, y 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
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But I say to you, z Do not resist the one who is evil. But a if anyone b slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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And z if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
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And if anyone c forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
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d Give to the one who begs from you, and e do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
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f "You have heard that it was said, g 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
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But I say to you, i Love your enemies and j pray for those who persecute you,
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k so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and l sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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m For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
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And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even n the Gentiles do the same?
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o You therefore must be p perfect, q as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 5:33
"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
Matthew 5:31
"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
Matthew 5:38
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
Matthew 5:43
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
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Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17
'You shall not murder.
Matthew 19:18
He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "...
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do n...
Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adult...
Romans 13:9
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adu...
James 2:11
For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also...
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Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17
You shall not murder.
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1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Matthew 18:9
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Mark 9:43
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:25
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.
Matthew 23:18
And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.
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Luke 12:58 - 59
As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
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Matthew 18:34 - 35
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.
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Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18
'And you shall not commit adultery.
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Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18
And you shall not commit adultery.
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Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
Proverbs 6:25
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
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Matthew 18:8 - 9
And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
Mark 9:43 - 48
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
Luke 17:1
And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
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Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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Matthew 19:7
They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?
Jeremiah 3:1
If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.
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Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.
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Matthew 19:9
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.
Mark 10:11 - 12
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
Luke 16:18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:10 - 11
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
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Romans 7:3
Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
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Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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Leviticus 19:12
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
1 Timothy 1:10
The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
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Numbers 30:2
If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Deuteronomy 23:21
If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
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James 5:12
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
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Matthew 23:22
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the Lord : "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:49
'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
Revelation 4:2
At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
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Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
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Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
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Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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1 Peter 2:23
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
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Matthew 5:39 - 42
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29 - 30
To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
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Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
Lamentations 3:30
Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
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Matthew 5:39 - 42
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29 - 30
To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
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Matthew 5:39
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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Matthew 27:32
As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
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Psalms 37:21
The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.
Proverbs 21:26
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
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Deuteronomy 15:8
But you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.
Psalms 37:26
He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.
Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
Luke 6:34 - 35
And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
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Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Matthew 19:19
Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Luke 6:27 - 28
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
Romans 12:20
To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.
Exodus 23:4
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
Job 31:29 - 30
If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
Psalms 7:4
If I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause.
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Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Acts 7:60
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
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Acts 14:17
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
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Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 6:32
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
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Luke 6:36
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
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Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go...
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, altho...
Philippians 3:15
Let those of us who are mature think this way, ...
Colossians 1:28
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching ...
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Chris...
James 1:4
And let steadfastness have its full effect, tha...
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone ...
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord a...
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Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
1 Peter 1:15
But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.
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