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them which are asleep.
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For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first:
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Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord
.
Mark 2:14-17
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And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus
sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow
me. And he arose and followed him.
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And it came to pass,
that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans
and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples:
for there were many, and they followed him.
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And when
the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and
sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he
eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
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When
Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole
have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Commemoration of the Dead:
John 5:24-30
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of
the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
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For as the