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For all the pagan nations in the world set their hearts on these things. Your Father knows that you need them too.

Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has resolved to give you the Kingdom!

Sell what you own and do tzedakah — make for yourselves purses that don't wear out, riches in heaven that never fail, where no burglar comes near, where no moth destroys.

For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also.

"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit,

like people waiting for their master's return after a wedding feast; so that when he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him without delay.

You too, be ready! For the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him."

Kefa said, "Sir, are you telling this parable for our benefit only or for everyone's?"

For from now on, a household of five will be divided, three against two, two against three.

Why don't you decide for yourselves what is the right course to follow?

Just then, some people came to tell Yeshua about the men from the Galil whom Pilate had slaughtered even while they were slaughtering animals for sacrifice.

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.

So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘Here, I've come looking for fruit on this fig tree for three years now without finding any. Cut it down — why let it go on using up the soil?'

A woman came up who had a spirit which had crippled her for eighteen years; she was bent double and unable to stand erect at all.

But the president of the synagogue, indignant that Yeshua had healed on Shabbat, spoke up and said to the congregation, "There are six days in the week for working; so come during those days to be healed, not on Shabbat!"

This woman is a daughter of Avraham, and the Adversary kept her tied up for eighteen years! Shouldn't she be freed from this bondage on Shabbat?"

once the owner of the house has gotten up and shut the door. You will stand outside, knocking at the door and saying, ‘Lord! Open up for us!' But he will answer, ‘I don't know you or where you come from!'

When Yeshua noticed how the guests were choosing for themselves the best seats at the table, he told them this parable:

Yeshua also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, brothers, relatives or rich neighbors; for they may well invite you in return, and that will be your repayment.

How blessed you will be that they have nothing with which to repay you! For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."