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For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.Psalm 32:6; Proverbs 25:8; Isaiah 55:6; Matthew 5:25;">[xr]

Then Jesushe">[fn] told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:19;">[xr]

So he said to the gardener, 'Look here! For three years I have been coming to look for fruit on this tree but haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

But the gardenerhe">[fn] replied, 'Sir, leave it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely unable to stand up straight.

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"Luke 19:9;">[xr]

"Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door. For I tell you that many people will try to enter but won't be able to.Matthew 7:13; John 7:34; 8:21; 13:33; Romans 9:31;">[xr]

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can standbegin to stand">[fn] outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'Psalm 32:6; Isaiah 55:6; Matthew 7:23; Luke 6:46;">[xr]

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus,him">[fn] "Leave and get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day, for it's not possible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.'

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."Job 1:22:29; Psalm 18:27; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 18:14; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr]

Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, 'Come! Everything is now ready.'Proverbs 9:2,5;">[xr]

For I tell all of you,I tell you (pl.)">[fn] none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"Matthew 21:43; 22:8; Acts 13:46;">[xr]

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other kingwhile he">[fn] is still far away.

It is suitable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. PeopleThey">[fn] throw it away. Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the ninety-nine in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?Matthew 18:12;">[xr]

Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!'1 Peter 2:10,25;">[xr]

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I lost!'

For my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.Luke 15:32; Ephesians 2:1; 5:14; Revelation 3:1;">[xr]