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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 5
Luke
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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
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But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
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So Jesus told them this parable:
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"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?
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Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'
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I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
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"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
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Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'
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In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
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Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.
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The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.
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After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
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Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
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So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
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He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
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But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
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I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers."'
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So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
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Then his son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
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But the father said to his slaves, 'Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
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Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
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because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again - he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.
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"Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
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So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
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The slave replied, 'Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.'
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But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,
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but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
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But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
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Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
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It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"
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Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'
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Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg.
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I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'
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So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
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The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
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Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' The second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
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"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
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If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
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And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own?
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No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
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The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
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But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.
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"The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.
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"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
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"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
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But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
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who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.
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"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
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And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
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So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'
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But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
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Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'
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So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father - send Lazarus to my father's house
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(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'
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But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.'
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Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
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He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
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Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
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It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
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Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
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Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."
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The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
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So the Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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"Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'?
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Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?
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He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?
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So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"
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Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
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As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,
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raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
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When he saw them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went along, they were cleansed.
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Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.
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He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.)
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Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
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Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
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Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well."
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Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
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nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst."
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Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.
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For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
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But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
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People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage - right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
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but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
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On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.
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Remember Lot's wife!
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Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
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I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
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There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."
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Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."
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Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
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He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
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There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
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For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
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yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"
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And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!
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Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
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I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
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Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
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"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers - or even like this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'
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The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'
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I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.
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But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."
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Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"
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The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."
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When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
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But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.
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When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
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In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
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Those who heard this said, "Then who can be saved?"
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He replied, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God."
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And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"
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Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom
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who will not receive many times more in this age - and in the age to come, eternal life."
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Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
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For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.
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They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."
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But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
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As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
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When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.
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They told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."
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So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
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And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
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So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
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"What do you want me to do for you?" He replied, "Lord, let me see again."
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Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."
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And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.
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Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it.
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Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
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He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.
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So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.
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And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today."
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So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully.
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And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
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But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"
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Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
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Therefore he said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
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And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.'
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But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'
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When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.
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So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'
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And the king said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.'
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Then the second one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'
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So the king said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
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Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.
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For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.'
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The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow?
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Why then didn't you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?'
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And he said to his attendants, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.'
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But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas already!'
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'I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
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But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!'"
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After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
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Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,
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telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
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If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say, 'The Lord needs it.'"
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So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.
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As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?"
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They replied, "The Lord needs it."
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Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.
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As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.
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As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:
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"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
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But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."
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He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"
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Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
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saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.
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They will demolish you - you and your children within your walls - and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
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Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,
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saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"
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Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
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but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
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