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But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];

And he spoke this parable: A certain [man] had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find [any].

And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading [it] away, water [it]?

It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.