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The gospel of Luke was the first book of the Bible I ever read, and is a complete and detailed story of the life of Christ. If you're looking to memorize it with me, this book has 24 chapters and 1,151 verses, and you can use these seven verse sets. This is Part 4
Luke
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Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
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So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.
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Give us each day our daily bread,
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and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."
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Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
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because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'
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Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.'
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I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
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"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
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For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
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What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
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Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
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But some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons."
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Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.
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But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.
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So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
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Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.
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But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.
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Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'
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When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
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Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."
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As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!"
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But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"
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As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
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For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
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The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon - and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
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The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them - and now, something greater than Jonah is here!
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"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.
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Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.
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If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you."
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As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.
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The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.
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But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
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But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
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"But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
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Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
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Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!"
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One of the experts in religious law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too."
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But Jesus replied, "Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!
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Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
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So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
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For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'
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so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
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Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in."
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When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,
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plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
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Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
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So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
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"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.
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But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
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In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
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"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.
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But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,
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for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say."
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Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
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But Jesus said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?"
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Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
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He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
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Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
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But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
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So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."
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Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
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For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.
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Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
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And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?
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So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?
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Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
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And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
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So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.
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For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
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Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
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"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
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Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out - a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
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be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
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Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!
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But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
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You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
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Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?"
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The Lord replied, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
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Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.
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I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
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then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
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That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
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But the one who did not know his master's will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
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"I have come to bring fire on the earth - and how I wish it were already kindled!
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I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
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Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
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For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.
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They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
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Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does.
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And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.
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You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?
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"And why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?
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As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!"
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Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
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He answered them, "Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
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No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
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Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?
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No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!"
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Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
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So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?'
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But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.
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Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'"
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Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
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and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.
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When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
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Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
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But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day."
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Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?
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Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"
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When he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, but the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.
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Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?
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It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."
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Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?
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It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen."
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Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.
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Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" So he said to them,
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"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
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Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'
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Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
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But he will reply, 'I don't know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!'
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There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
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Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.
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But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
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At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you."
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But he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.
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Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.'
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
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Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
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Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
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There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.
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So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"
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But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.
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Then he said to them, "Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"
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But they could not reply to this.
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Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
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"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.
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So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.
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But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.
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For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
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He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
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But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
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Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
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When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!"
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But Jesus said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
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At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'
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But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'
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Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.'
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Another said, 'I just got married, and I cannot come.'
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So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, 'Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
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Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.'
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So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
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For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!'"
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Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
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"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
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They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
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Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.
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In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
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"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?
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It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"
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