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Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like to some king, who wished to have a reckoning with his servants.

And as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, him and his wife and his children, and all that he possessed, and payment to be made.

And his lord had compassion on that servant, and set him free, and forgave him his debt.

Then that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hold of him and choked him, and said to him: Pay me what thou owest me.

And that fellow-servant fell at his feet and entreated him, and said: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole.

Then his lord called him, and said to him: Thou vile servant ! Lo, I forgave thee that whole debt, because thou entreatedst of me:

And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him.

So will my Father who is in heaven do to you, unless ye from your heart forgive each his brother his offence.

And Pharisees came to him, and tempted him and said: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?

And he said: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

And I say to you, That whoever leaveth his wife not being an adulteress, and taketh another, committeth adultery. And whoever taketh her that is divorced, committeth adultery.

His disciples say to him: If such is the case between man and wife, it is not expedient to take a wife.

Then they brought children to him, that he might lay his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples rebuked them.

And he laid his hand upon them, and departed from there.

And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that, as for you who have followed me, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory in the new world, ye also shall sit on twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the lord of a house, who went out, at dawn of day, to hire laborers for his vineyard.

And he contracted with the labors for a denarius a day: and sent them into his vineyard.

And when it was evening, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and give them their wages; and commence with the last, and proceed to the first.

And Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem: and he took his twelve disciples aside, on the way, and said to them: