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So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you don't expect him."Matthew 24:44; 25:13; Mark 13:33; Luke 21:34,36; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:12;">[xr]

He asked them, "Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered like this?

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."Exodus 20:9; Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7; 14:3;">[xr]

Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

The servantHe">[fn] told him, 'Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"Luke 15:24;">[xr]

So he called for him and asked him, 'What's this I hear about you? Give me a report about your management, because you can't be my manager any longer.'

So he shouted, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'Isaiah 66:24; Zechariah 14:12; Mark 9:44;">[xr]

Yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"Luke 11:8;">[xr]

JesusHe">[fn] also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:Luke 10:29; 16:15;">[xr]

But when the officialhe">[fn] heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

JesusHe">[fn] said to them, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of GodDeuteronomy 33:9;">[xr]

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so because of the crowd. (He was short in height.)

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because he, too, is a descendant of Abraham.Luke 13:16; Romans 4:11-12,16; Galatians 3:7;">[xr]

As they were listening to this, Jesushe">[fn] went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the peoplethey">[fn] thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.Acts 1:6;">[xr]

The kingHe">[fn] said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.'Matthew 25:21; Luke 16:10;">[xr]

because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'Matthew 25:24;">[xr]

They will level you to the ground - you and your children within you. They will not leave one stone on another within you, because you didn't recognize the time when God came to help you."the time of your visitation">[fn]1 Kings 9:7-8; Daniel 9:24; Micah 3:12; Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 1:68,78; 21:6; 1 Peter 2:12;">[xr]

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name.Matthew 10:22;">[xr]