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Luke 17:1
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Sin, Faith, Duty
Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to stumble(a) are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.(b)Footnotes:
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Luke 17:2
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It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones(c) to stumble.(d)
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Luke 17:3
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So watch yourselves. "If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them;(e) and if they repent, forgive them.(f)
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Luke 17:4
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Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,' you must forgive them."(g)
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Luke 17:5
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The apostles(h) said to the Lord,(i) "Increase our faith!"
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Luke 17:6
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He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,(j) you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.(k)
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Luke 17:7
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"Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat'?
Luke 17:8
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Won't he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me(l) while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?
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Luke 17:9
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Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
Luke 17:10
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So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"(m)
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Luke 17:11
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Now on his way to Jerusalem,(n) Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.(o)
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Luke 17:12
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As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b](p) met him. They stood at a distance(q)
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Luke 17:13
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and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master,(r) have pity on us!"
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Luke 17:14
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When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests."(s) And as they went, they were cleansed.
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Luke 17:15
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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God(t) in a loud voice.
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Luke 17:16
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He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.(u)
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Luke 17:17
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Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
Luke 17:18
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Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?"
Luke 17:19
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Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."(v)
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Luke 17:20
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Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,(x) Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,
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Luke 17:21
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nor will people say, ‘Here it is,' or ‘There it is,'(y) because the kingdom of God is in your midst."[c]
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Luke 17:22
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Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,(z) but you will not see it.(aa)
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Luke 17:23
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People will tell you, ‘There he is!' or ‘Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.(ab)
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Luke 17:24
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For the Son of Man in his day[d] will be like the lightning,(ac) which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
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Luke 17:25
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But first he must suffer many things(ad) and be rejected(ae) by this generation.(af)
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Luke 17:26
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"Just as it was in the days of Noah,(ag) so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
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Luke 17:27
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People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:28
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"It was the same in the days of Lot.(ah) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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Luke 17:29
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But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:30
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"It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(ai)
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Luke 17:31
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On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.(aj)
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Luke 17:32
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Remember Lot's wife!(ak)
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Luke 17:33
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Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.(al)
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Luke 17:34
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I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
Luke 17:35
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Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."(am)
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Luke 17:36
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Luke 17:37
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"Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."(an)
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Luke 18:1
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(a)Footnotes:
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Luke 18:2
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He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
Luke 18:3
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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice(b) against my adversary.'
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Luke 18:4
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"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or care what people think,
Luke 18:5
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually come and attack me!'"(c)
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Luke 18:6
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And the Lord(d) said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.
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Luke 18:7
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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(e) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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Luke 18:8
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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man(f) comes,(g) will he find faith on the earth?"
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Luke 18:9
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To some who were confident of their own righteousness(h) and looked down on everyone else,(i) Jesus told this parable:
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Luke 18:10
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"Two men went up to the temple to pray,(j) one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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Luke 18:11
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The Pharisee stood by himself(k) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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Luke 18:12
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I fast(l) twice a week and give a tenth(m) of all I get.'
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Luke 18:13
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"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast(n) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'(o)
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Luke 18:14
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"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."(p)
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Luke 18:15
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People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
Luke 18:16
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But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Luke 18:17
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Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child(r) will never enter it."
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Luke 18:18
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A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"(t)
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Luke 18:19
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"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone.
Luke 18:20
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You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'[a]"(u)
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Luke 18:21
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"All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
Luke 18:22
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When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,(v) and you will have treasure in heaven.(w) Then come, follow me."
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Luke 18:23
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When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.
Luke 18:24
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Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!(x)
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Luke 18:25
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Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Luke 18:26
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Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"
Luke 18:27
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Jesus replied, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."(y)
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Luke 18:28
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Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"(z)
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Luke 18:29
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"Truly I tell you," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
Luke 18:30
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will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come(aa) eternal life."(ab)
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Luke 18:31
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Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem,(ad) and everything that is written by the prophets(ae) about the Son of Man(af) will be fulfilled.
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Luke 18:32
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He will be delivered over to the Gentiles.(ag) They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
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Luke 18:33
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they will flog him(ah) and kill him.(ai) On the third day(aj) he will rise again."(ak)
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Luke 18:34
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The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.(al)
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Luke 18:35
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As Jesus approached Jericho,(an) a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
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Luke 18:36
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When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
Luke 18:37
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They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."(ao)
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Luke 18:38
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He called out, "Jesus, Son of David,(ap) have mercy(aq) on me!"
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Luke 18:39
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Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"(ar)
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Luke 18:40
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Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
Luke 18:41
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"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied.
Luke 18:42
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Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."(as)
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Luke 18:43
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Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.(at)
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Luke 19:1
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Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
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Luke 19:2
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A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
Luke 19:3
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He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.
Luke 19:4
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So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig(b) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.(c)
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Luke 19:5
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When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."
Luke 19:6
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So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
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All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."(d)
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Luke 19:8
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But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,(e) "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,(f) I will pay back four times the amount."(g)
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Luke 19:9
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Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(h)
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Luke 19:10
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."(i)
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Luke 19:11
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While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God(k) was going to appear at once.(l)
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Luke 19:12
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He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.
Luke 19:13
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So he called ten of his servants(m) and gave them ten minas.[a] ‘Put this money to work,' he said, ‘until I come back.'
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Luke 19:14
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"But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.'
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"He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
Luke 19:16
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"The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
Luke 19:17
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"‘Well done, my good servant!'(n) his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'(o)
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Luke 19:18
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"The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.'
Luke 19:19
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"His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.'
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"Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.
Luke 19:21
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I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'(p)
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"His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words,(q) you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?(r)
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Luke 19:23
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Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'
Luke 19:24
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"Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
Luke 19:25
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"‘Sir,' they said, ‘he already has ten!'
Luke 19:26
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"He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.(s)
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But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"
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