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And they did so, and had them all sit down.

And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.

So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.' And so it happens.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

So he told them this parable:

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.