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So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘I have heard bad things about you. Give me a report of what you have done with my money. You can't be my manager anymore.'

"So, the manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I am not strong enough to dig ditches. I am too proud to beg.

I know what I will do! I will do something to make friends, so that when I lose my job, they will welcome me into their homes.'

"So the manager called in each person who owed the master some money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?'

Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to enjoy all the best things every day.

He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!'

I have five brothers. He could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.'

So be careful! "If your brother or sister in God's family does something wrong, warn them. If they are sorry for what they did, forgive them.

Some people brought their small children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them to bless them. But when the followers saw this, they told the people not to do this.

So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him.

So he said, "A very important man was preparing to go to a country far away to be made a king. Then he planned to return home and rule his people.

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.'

The king said to him, ‘That's great! You are a good servant. I see that I can trust you with small things. So now I will let you rule over ten of my cities.'

So the followers brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on its back. Then they put Jesus on the donkey.

So they answered, "We don't know the answer."

So Jesus said to them, "Then I will not tell you who gave me the authority to do these things."

Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to those farmers so that they would give him his share of the grapes. But they beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.

So the man sent another servant. They beat this servant too and showed no respect for him. They sent the servant away with nothing.

So the man sent a third servant to the farmers. They hurt this servant badly and threw him out.

So the farmers threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the owner of the vineyard do?