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It isn't fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!"

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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

"The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

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

And He told them: "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

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

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink'?

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we've only done our duty.'"

no one will say, ‘Look here!' or ‘There!' For you see, the kingdom of God is among you."

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

"For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect man,

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked, insulted, spit on;

"What do you want Me to do for you?" "Lord," he said, "I want to see!"

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."