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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take rest, eat, drink, and be glad.

So is he treasuring up for himself, and not being rich toward God.

Consider the ravens, for they do not sow, nor do they reap; to which there is no storehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much rather you differ from the birds!

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

Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where a thief cannot come near, nor moth can corrupt.

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

And you, then, be ready; for in the hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.

For from now on five in one house will have been divided, three against two, and two against three.

For as you go with your adversary to a judge, give pains in the way to be set free from him, that he not drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

And He spoke this parable: A certain one had planted a fig tree in his vineyard. And he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any .

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years I come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down, and why does it waste the ground?

Labor to enter in through the narrow gate, for I say to you that many will seek to enter in and will not have strength.

In the same day, certain Pharisees came saying to Him, Go out and go on from here, for Herod desires to kill you.

But today and tomorrow and on the following day I must travel on. For it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.

and then you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just.

And he sent his slave at the supper hour to say to those who had been invited, Come, for now all is ready.

And another said, I married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.

For I say to you that not one of those men who had been invited shall taste of my supper.

For who of you desiring to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has the things to finish;