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"Is there any father here who, if his son asked him for a fish, would instead of a fish give him a snake?

So if the Adversary too is divided against himself, how can his kingdom survive? I'm asking because you claim it is by Ba‘al-Zibbul that I drive out the demons.

"When a strong man who is fully equipped for battle guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

As Yeshua spoke, a Parush asked him to eat dinner with him; so he went in and took his place at the table;

As Yeshua left that place, the Torah-teachers and the P'rushim began to oppose him bitterly and to provoke him to express his views on all sorts of subjects,

Meanwhile, as a crowd in the tens of thousands gathered so closely as to trample each other down, Yeshua began to say to his talmidim first, "Guard yourselves from the hametz of the P'rushim, by which I mean their hypocrisy.

Then to the people he said, "Be careful to guard against all forms of greed, because even if someone is rich, his life does not consist in what he owns."

To his talmidim Yeshua said, "Because of this I tell you, don't worry about your life — what you will eat or drink; or about your body — what you will wear.

Can any of you by worrying add an hour to his life?

Think about the wild irises, and how they grow. They neither work nor spin thread; yet, I tell you, not even Shlomo in all his glory was clothed as beautifully as one of these.

Rather, seek his Kingdom; and these things will be given to you as well.

Happy the slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes! Yes! I tell you he will put on his work clothes, seat them at the table, and come serve them himself!

"But notice this: no house-owner would let his house be broken into if he knew when the thief was coming.

It will go well with that servant if he is found doing his job when his master comes.

But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking his time coming,' and starts bullying the men- and women-servants, and eating and drinking, getting drunk,

then his master will come on a day when the servant isn't expecting him, at a time he doesn't know in advance; his master will cut him in two and put him with the disloyal.

Now the servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare or act according to his will, will be whipped with many lashes;

His answer to them was, "Do you think that just because they died so horribly, these folks from the Galil were worse sinners than all the others from the Galil?

Then Yeshua gave this illustration: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit but didn't find any.

He put his hands on her, and at once she stood upright and began to glorify God.