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Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.'

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

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.'

For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

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

And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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

And 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 my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

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

It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'