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He could pay nothing that he owed. So the king spoke the word that he and his wife and his children and all that he had should be sold to pay what he owed.

The servant got down on his face in front of the king. He said, ‘Give me time, and I will pay you all the money.'

Then the king took pity on his servant and let him go. He told him he did not have to pay the money back.

"But that servant went out and found one of the other servants who owed him very little money. He took hold of his neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!'

The other servant got down at his feet and said, ‘Give me time, and I will pay you all the money.'

"When his other servants saw what had happened, they were very sorry. They came and told the king all that was done.

So will My Father in heaven do to you, if each one of you does not forgive his brother from his heart."

The proud religious law-keepers came to Jesus. They tried to trap Him by saying, "Does the Law say a man can divorce his wife for any reason?"

It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.'

The proud religious law-keepers said to Jesus, "Then why did the Law of Moses allow a man to divorce his wife if he put it down in writing and gave it to her?"

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sex sins, and marries another, is guilty of sex sins in marriage. Whoever marries her that is divorced is guilty of sex sins in marriage."

His followers said to Him, "If that is the way of a man with his wife, it is better not to be married."

Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray for them. The followers spoke sharp words to them.

He put His hands on them and went away.

Jesus said to His followers, "For sure, I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the holy nation of heaven.

When His followers heard this, they could not understand it. They said, "Then who can be saved from the punishment of sin?"

Jesus said to them, "For sure, I tell you, when all the earth will be new and the Son of Man will sit on His throne in His shining-greatness, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve family groups of the Jewish nation.

"For the holy nation of heaven is like the owner of a grape-field. He went out early in the morning to hire workmen to work in his grape-field.

He promised to give them a day's pay and then sent them to his grape-field.

The workmen who had been hired at five o'clock came up. Each one of them got a day's pay for his work.