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

"So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.'"

"For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

"When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.

So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them.

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

"But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'

"So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

"So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

"Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it."