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He said to him, Thy brother hath come, and thy father hath killed the calf that was fat, because he hath received him well.

But to rejoice it behoves us, and to be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, and is found.

But the Pharishee, when they heard all these things, because they loved money, derided him.

Does that servant receive thanks because he hath done what was required of him ? I consider not.

Thus also you, when you have done all those things which are required of you, have said, We are unprofitable servants, because what we were obligated to do, (that) have we done.

yet, because this widow wearies me, I will avenge her, that in all time she come not molesting me.

and he wished [fn] to see Jeshu, who he was, and could not for the crowd, because in his stature Zakai was small.

And he ran before Jeshu, and ascended a wild fig-tree [fn] to see him, because so he was about to pass.

Jeshu saith to him, To-day is there salvation to this house, because this (man) also (is a) son of Abraham.

And when they had heard these things, he added to speak a parable; because he had drawn nigh to Urishlem, and they expected that in that hour would be revealed the kingdom of Aloha.

He saith to him, Well, good servant: because in a little thou art found faithful, thou shalt have rule over ten towns.

For I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, taking up what thou hadst not laid down, and reaping what thou sowedst not.

And they said to them, Because by our Lord it is requested.

and they shall overthrow thee, and thy children within thee, and not leave in thee one stone upon another, [fn] because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Neither again can they die, for they are as the angels; and the children are they of Aloha, because they have become the children of the resurrection.

28 But when these things begin to be, take courage, [fn] and lift up your heads, because your redemption hath drawn nigh.

And when he knew that he was from the limit of the jurisdiction of Herodes, he sent him unto Herodes, because that in Urishlem he was in those days.

And they constrained him, and said to him, Abide with us, because the day now inclines to darken. And he went in to remain with them.

Juchanon testified concerning him, and cried, and said, This is he of whom I said, that he cometh after me, and was before [fn] me, because he is anterior [fn] to me.

This is he concerning whom I said, After me cometh a man, and he was before me, because he is anterior to me.