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because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;

and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

`So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

`Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name --

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'