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But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Jesus also said to His disciples, "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

And he called in each one of his master's debtors. 'How much do you owe my master?' he asked the first.

The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

So he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.'

Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner!'

Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.