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"But notice this: no house-owner would let his house be broken into if he knew when the thief was coming.

But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking his time coming,' and starts bullying the men- and women-servants, and eating and drinking, getting drunk,

Now the servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare or act according to his will, will be whipped with many lashes;

however, the one who did what deserves a beating, but didn't know, will receive few lashes. From him who has been given much, much will be demanded — from someone to whom people entrust much, they ask still more.

Do you think that I have come to bring peace in the Land? Not peace, I tell you, but division!

Then Yeshua gave this illustration: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit but didn't find any.

But he answered, ‘Sir, leave it alone one more year. I'll dig around it and put manure on it.

But the president of the synagogue, indignant that Yeshua had healed on Shabbat, spoke up and said to the congregation, "There are six days in the week for working; so come during those days to be healed, not on Shabbat!"

By these words, Yeshua put to shame the people who opposed him; but the rest of the crowd were happy about all the wonderful things that were taking place through him.

once the owner of the house has gotten up and shut the door. You will stand outside, knocking at the door and saying, ‘Lord! Open up for us!' But he will answer, ‘I don't know you or where you come from!'

You will cry and grind your teeth when you see Avraham, Yitz'chak, Ya‘akov and all the prophets inside the Kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside.

Nevertheless, I must keep travelling today, tomorrow and the next day; because it is unthinkable that a prophet should die anywhere but in Yerushalayim.

"Yerushalayim! Yerushalayim! You kill the prophets! You stone those who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

But they said nothing. So, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted."

But he replied, "Once a man gave a banquet and invited many people.

But they responded with a chorus of excuses. The first said to him, ‘I've just bought a field, and I have to go out and see it. Please accept my apologies.'

If you don't, then when you have laid the foundation but can't finish, all the onlookers start making fun of you

and say, ‘This is the man who began to build, but couldn't finish!'

Salt is excellent. But if even the salt becomes tasteless, what can be used to season it?