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And when you find it, you will be so glad that you will put it on your shoulder

The younger son said to his father, "Give me my share of the property." So the father divided his property between his two sons.

Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.

So he called one of the servants over and asked, "What's going on here?"

The older brother got so angry that he would not even go into the house. His father came out and begged him to go in.

But he said to his father, "For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.

So the rich man called him in and said, "What is this I hear about you? Tell me what you have done! You are no longer going to work for me."

I know what I'll do, so that people will welcome me into their homes after I've lost my job."

"A hundred barrels of olive oil," the man answered. So the manager said, "Take your bill and sit down and quickly write ‘fifty'."

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.

The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

Let him warn my five brothers, so they won't come to this horrible place."

So Abraham said, "If they won't pay attention to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even to someone who comes back from the dead."

So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.

No, you wouldn't say that. You would say, "Fix me something to eat. Get ready to serve me, so I can have my meal. Then later on you can eat and drink."

The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, "God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner."

So Jesus called the children over to him and said, "Let the children come to me! Don't try to stop them. People who are like these children belong to God's kingdom.

Jesus saw how sad the man was. So he said, "It's terribly hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom!

So the blind man shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!"

Jesus was heading his way, and Zacchaeus wanted to see what he was like. But Zacchaeus was a short man and could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree.