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27 But he will tell you, “No! I really do not know you. I do not know where you come from. You have done very bad things, so go away from me, all of you!”

28 Then you will weep very much because you are standing outside. You will bite your teeth together.[a] You will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the place where God rules. You will also see all God's prophets there. But God will shut you outside. 29 At that time, people will come from everywhere in the world, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. They will all come to take their place in the kingdom of God. There they will sit down together to eat a great meal.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:28 Biting their teeth together may have shown that they were angry. Or it may have shown they were in much pain.

27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’(A)

28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,(B) when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west(C) and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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