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And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid

At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again;

‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

because I have five brothers—to warn

Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded?

yet because this widow keeps

After he heard this, he became extremely sad, because he was very rich.

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your house.”

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to