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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus continues to warn his disciples about the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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 # Do you not understand? Do you not remember ... you gathered up?
 
-Jesus use questions to rebuke the disciples. Alternate translation: "Surely you understand and remember ... you gathered up!" or "You should understand. You should remember ... you gathered up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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-# five thousand
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-"5,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
+"Surely you understand and remember ... you gathered up!" or "You should understand. You should remember ... you gathered up."