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but the one who did not know it, and committed acts deserving of a beating, will receive only a few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

"They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

And Jesus responded and said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans just because they have suffered this fate?

"And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

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

And they could offer no reply to this.

Now He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you to a meal in return, and that will be your repayment.

and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

"And yet they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I purchased a field and I need to go out to look at it; please consider me excused.'

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it is all gone, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'

"But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"

and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

When He saw them, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they were going, they were cleansed.

But Jesus responded and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

"And they will say to you, 'Look there,' or, 'Look here!' Do not leave, and do not run after them.

people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

"It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building;

And responding, they said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered."