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Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you: Ye will not see me, until ye will say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

And thou wilt be blessed. For they cannot recompense thee; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just.

And at the time for supper, he sent his servant to say to those invited: Lo, every thing is ready for you; come.

For I declare to you, that not one of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?

and if not; while he is yet far from him, he sendeth envoys, and sueth for peace.

It is fit for neither the earth, nor the dunghill. They cast it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

What man among you, that hath a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go and seek for that which is lost, until he find it?

and he cometh home, and he calleth together his friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep that was lost.

Or what woman is there, who, if she have ten drachmas, and lose one of them, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search for it carefully, until she find it?

And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me, for I have found my drachma that was lost.

For, this my son was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

But for this thy son, when he had dissipated thy property with harlots, and came [fn] , thou hast slain the fatted bullock for him.

But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.

And his lord called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Render to me an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be my steward.

And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously: for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their generation.

There is no servant, who can serve two lords. For, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And Jesus said to them: Ye are such as justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your heart: for that which is exalted among men, is abominable before God.

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one letter to pass from the law.