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Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled on one another, he began to speak first to his disciples, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy.

be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.

But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.'

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.

Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'

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

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'"

When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by trading.

But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.'

"Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.

But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God."

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.