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so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.

For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?"

For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.

"And why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?'

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.'