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"The guy told him he didn't have the money right then, but that he would pay back every cent.

"But the cowboy would have none of it. He went and took the only horse the man had and sold it for a hundred dollars.

So they ain't two people anymore, but rather one. Whatever the Boss brings together no man should separate."

Jesus told 'em, "He said y'all could divorce because you are a foolish bunch of people, but that's not the way my Dad planned it.

Then all the little kiddos gathered around Jesus so he could pray for 'em. But as soon as they got close, Jesus's cowboys started tellin' 'em to stand back.

Jesus looked at 'em and said, "Cowboys can't get themselves in, that would be impossible. But with God, all things are possible."

But many of the first to ride with me will be the last to come through the gate, and many who are the last to ride with me will be the first ones through the gate.

When the cowboys who had been there since the sun came up walked over to get their wages, they assumed they would get much more, but they too were given one hundred dollars.

"But the rancher said to one of them, 'Cowboy, I ain't cheatin' you out of anything. You agreed to work for me today for one hundred dollars and that's what I paid you.

Jesus said, "You will go through some of the same suffering I will, but to ride at my left and right for eternity is not for me to decide. These positions of authority on the Boss's ranch are given by the Boss himself, not granted as favors."

The Boss's only Son did not come to tell other cowboys what to do, but to serve them and help them. He came to trade places with y'all and become the Outlaw's hostage to be killed so that y'all and every other person may be set free and live."

All the people who followed Jesus yelled at the two blind men and told them to shut up and be quiet, but the men shouted even louder, "Lord, have mercy on us!"

"Say to the daughter of Jerusalem, 'Look! Your king comes to you, gentle and ridin' on a donkey, not just any donkey, but the colt of a donkey.'"

"It was written long ago," Jesus said, "'My house will be a place where you could talk to me,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'"

But when the uppity preachers and the my-way-or-the-highway teachers saw all the great things Jesus was doing and heard the little children shouting, "Yippe-ti-yi-yay to the Boss's Son!" they were mad.

He saw a fruit tree on the side of the trail and he rode up to it so he could get a piece of fruit, but all he found was leaves. Then he said to the tree, "You look good from a distance, but when I get close to you, I see you don't have any fruit. Because you haven't done what you were made to do, you will never be able to make fruit again!" Just then, the tree withered and died.

Jesus said, "Listen up and I'll tell you the truth. If you have faith and don't doubt one little bit, not only can you do what I did to this tree, but you could even tell the Rocky Mountains to go jump in the sea and they will do it.

"'I'm not goin' to check on anything,' the boy said, but later he felt bad and went and checked on the cattle.

"Then the cowboy went and told the second boy to do the same thing and go check on the cattle. The boy said, 'Yes sir! I'll go right now,' but the boy never did.

John came and showed you how to make things right with the Boss and you shunned his message, but the bank robbers and hookers listened to him. Even after all you have seen, you still don't turn from your sorry way of life or believe him.