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Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.