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Now the day was ending, and the twelve came up and said to Him, "Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; because here, we are in a secluded place."

And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, "Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he is my only son,

John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow along with us."

And they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him';

"I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

"The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

"So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

"Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.

"You too, be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think He will."

And Jesus responded and said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans just because they have suffered this fate?

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days during which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

At that very time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, "Go away and leave this place, because Herod wants to kill You."

and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, because everything is ready now.'

"And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

"And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin which I had lost!'

"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

'But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'"

"And his master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.