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"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;

but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

"But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

"Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

"You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?

"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'"

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?

"In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.

But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

"But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

"But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

"Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

"But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

"So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.