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He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it.

And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?"

"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."

He said to them, "Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work.

Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.'

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

And 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 dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.'

For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.'"

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

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

for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!'

And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.