Matthew 6:7

7And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as athe Gentiles do, for bthey think that they will be heard cfor their many words.

Matthew 11:22-24

22 dBut I tell you, it will be more bearable on ethe day of judgment for fTyre and Sidon than for you. 23And you, gCapernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to hHades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 iBut I tell you that jit will be more tolerable on kthe day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 23:33

33You serpents, lyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to mhell?

Luke 12:47-48

47 nAnd that servant who oknew his master’s will but pdid not get ready qor act according to his will, will receive a rsevere beating. 48 sBut the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, twill receive a light beating. uEveryone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

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