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As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.'

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this man.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to be merry.

But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

"His lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the sons of the light.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.