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It is no good for the soil or for manure; it is thrown away. "Let those with ears use them and listen."

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep but loses one of them. Then he will leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the open field and go out and look for the lost sheep until he finds it.

"Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but loses one. She will light a lamp, sweep the house, and look carefully for the coin until she finds it.

So the son left and went to his father. "While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for his son. So the father ran to him and hugged and kissed him.

But the older son said to his father, ‘I have served you like a slave for many years and have always obeyed your commands. But you never gave me even a young goat to have at a feast with my friends.

But your other son, who wasted all your money on prostitutes, comes home, and you kill the fat calf for him!'

So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are.

"I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever.

It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.

Jesus said to his followers, "Things that cause people to sin will happen, but how terrible for the person who causes them to happen!

It would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large stone around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to sin.

"Suppose one of you has a servant who has been plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When the servant comes in from working in the field, would you say, ‘Come in and sit down to eat'?

No, you would say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then get yourself ready and serve me. After I finish eating and drinking, you can eat.'

The servant does not get any special thanks for doing what his master commanded.

For a while the judge refused to help her. But afterwards, he thought to himself, ‘Even though I don't respect God or care about people,

But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to people who are like these children.

Jesus looked at him and said, "It is very hard for rich people to enter the kingdom of God.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "The things impossible for people are possible for God."

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, all those who have left houses, wives, brothers, parents, or children for the kingdom of God