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for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.

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

It was fitting to make merry 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 stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

The master commended the dishonest steward 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 mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.

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 mammon."

But 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 upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'

for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?

nor will they say, 'Lo, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."

For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.

For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man,

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich.

Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!