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And another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

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

For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. 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 which was lost!'

And 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 son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and never have I neglected a command of yours. And yet never have you given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends.

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

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive, and was lost and has been found.'"

And he called for him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

And his master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will take you into the eternal dwellings.

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

And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'

for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

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