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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel

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of Luke, chapters 14 through 16. Chapter 14.

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Now it happened, as he went into the house of

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one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread

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on the Sabbath, that they watched him closely.

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And behold, there was a certain man before him

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who had dropsy. And Jesus answering, spoke to

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the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful

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to heal on the Sabbath? But they kept silent,

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and he took him and healed him, and let him go.

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Then he answered them, saying, Which of you,

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having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into

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a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the

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Sabbath day? And they could not answer him regarding

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these things. So he told the parable to those

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who were invited, when he noted how they chose

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the best places, saying to them, when you are

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invited by anyone to a wedding feast do not sit

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down in the best place lest one more honourable

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than you be invited by him and he who invited

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you and him come and say to you give place to

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this man and then you begin with shame to take

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the lowest place but when you are invited go

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and sit down in the lowest place so that when

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he who invited you comes he may say to you friend

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go up higher Then you will have glory in the

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presence of those who sit at the table with you.

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For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and

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he who humbles himself will be exalted. Then

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he also said to him who invited him, When you

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give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends,

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your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors,

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lest they also invite you back and you be repaid.

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But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the

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maimed, the lame. the blind, and you will be

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blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you

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shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

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Now when one of those who sat at the table with

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him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed

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is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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Then he said to him, A certain man gave a great

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supper and invited many, and sent his servant

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at suppertime to say to those who were invited,

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Come, for all things are now ready. But they

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all with one accord, began to make excuses. The

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first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground,

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and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me

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excused. And another said, I have bought five

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yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I

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ask you to have me excused. Still another said,

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I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot

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come. So that the servant came and reported these

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things to his master. Then the master of the

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house being angry, said to his servant, Go out

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quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,

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and bring in here the poor and the maimed and

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the lame and the blind. And the servant said,

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Master, it is done as you commanded, and still

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there is room. Then the master said to the servant,

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Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel

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them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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For I say to you that none of those men who were

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invited shall taste my supper. Now great multitudes

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went with him, and he turned and said to them,

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If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father

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and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters,

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yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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And whoever does not bear his cross and come

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after me cannot be my disciple. For which of

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you, intending to build a tower, does not sit

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down first and count the cost, whether he has

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enough to finish it? lest after he has laid the

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foundation and is not able to finish all who

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see it begin to mock him saying this man began

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to build and was not able to finish or what king

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going to make war against another king does not

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sit down first and consider whether he is able

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with ten thousand to meet him who comes against

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him with twenty thousand or else while the other

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is still a great way off he sends a delegation

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and asks conditions of peace So likewise, whoever

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of you does not forsake all that he has cannot

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be my disciple. Salt is good, but if the salt

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has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?

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It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunkel,

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but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear,

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let him hear. Chapter 15 Then all the tax collectors

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and the sinners drew near to him to hear him.

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And when he comes home, he calls together his

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friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice

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with me, for I have found my sheep. which was

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lost. I say to you that likewise there will be

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more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents

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than over ninety -nine just persons who need

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no repentance. Or what woman, having ten silver

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coins, if she loses one coin, does not light

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a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully

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until she finds it? And when she has found it,

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she calls her friends and neighbors together,

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saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the

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peace which I lost. Likewise I say to you, There

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is joy in the presence of the angels of God over

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one sinner who repents. Then he said, A certain

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man had two sons, and the younger of them said

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to his father, Father, give me the portion of

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goods that falls to me. So he divided to them

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his livelihood. And not many days after, the

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younger son gathered all together, journeyed

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to a far country, and there wasted his possessions

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with prodigal living. but when he had spent all

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there arose a severe famine in that land and

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he began to be in want then he went and joined

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himself to a citizen of that country and he sent

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him into his fields to feed swine and he would

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gladly have filled his stomach with the pods

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that the swine ate and no one gave him anything

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but when he came to himself he said how many

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of my father's hired servants have bread enough

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and to spare and i perish with hunger I will

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arise and go to my father and will say to him,

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Father, I have sinned against heaven and before

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you and I am no longer worthy to be called your

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son. Make me like one of your hired servants.

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And he arose and came to his father. But when

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he was still a great way off, his father saw

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him and had compassion and ran and fell on his

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neck and kissed him. And the son said to him,

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Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your

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sight and I am no longer worthy to be called

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your son. But the father said to his servants,

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Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and

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put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet,

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and bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and

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let us eat and be merry. For this son was dead

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and is alive again. He was lost and is found.

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And they began to be merry. Now his older son

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was in the field, and as he came and drew near

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to the house, he heard music and dancing. So

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he called one of the servants and asked, what

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these things meant. And he said to him, Your

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brother has come, and because he has received

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him safe and sound, your father has killed the

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fatted calf. But he was angry and would not go

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in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded

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with him. So he answered and said to his father,

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Lo, these many years I have been serving you.

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I never transgressed your commandment at any

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time, and yet you never gave me a young goat

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that I might make merry with my friends. But

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as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured

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your livelihood with harlots, you killed the

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fatted calf for him. And he said to him, Son,

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you are always with me, and all that I have is

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yours. It was right that we should make merry

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and be glad, for your brother was dead and is

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alive again, and was lost and is found. Chapter

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16 He also said to his disciples, There was a

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certain rich man, who had a steward, and an accusation

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was brought to him that this man was wasting

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his goods. So he called him and said to him,

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What is this I hear about you? Give an account

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of your stewardship, for you can no longer be

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steward. Then the steward said within himself,

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What shall I do? For my master is taking the

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stewardship away from me. I cannot dig. I am

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ashamed to beg. I have resolved what to do, that

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when I am put out of the stewardship, they may

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receive me into their houses. so he called every

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one of his master's debtors to him and said to

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the first how much do you owe my master and he

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said a hundred measures of oil so he said to

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him take your bill and sit down quickly and write

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fifty then he said to another and how much do

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you owe so he said a hundred measures of wheat

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and he said to him take your bill and write eighty

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so the master commended the unjust steward because

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he had dealt shrewdly for the sons of this world

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are more shrewd in their generation than the

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sons of light. And I say to you, make friends

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for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when

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you fail they may receive you into an everlasting

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home. He who is faithful in what is least is

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faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in

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what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore

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if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous

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mammon, who will commit to your trust the true

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riches? And if you have not been faithful in

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what is another man's, Who will give you what

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is your own? No servant can serve two masters,

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for either he will hate the one and love the

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other, or else he will be loyal to the one and

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despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money,

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also heard all these things, and they derided

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him. And he said to them, You are those who justify

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yourselves before men? But God knows your hearts.

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For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination

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in the sight of God. The law and the prophets

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were until John. Since that time the kingdom

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of God has been preached and everyone is pressing

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into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth

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to pass away than for one tittle of the law to

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fail. Whoever divorces his wife and marries another

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commits adultery. And whoever marries her who

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is divorced from her husband, commits adultery.

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There was a certain rich man who was clothed

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in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously

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every day. But there was a certain beggar named

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Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,

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desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell

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from the rich man's table. Moreover, the dogs

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came and licked his sores. So it was that the

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beggar died and was carried by the angels to

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Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was

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buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted

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up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus

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in his bosom. Then he cried and said, Father

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Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that

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he may dip the tip of his finger in water and

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cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.

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But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your

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lifetime you received your good things, and likewise

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Lazarus evil things. But now, He is comforted

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and you are tormented. And besides all this,

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between us and you, there is a great gulf fixed,

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so that those who want to pass from here to you

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cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.

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Then he said, I beg you therefore, Father, that

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you would send him to my father's house, for

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I have five brothers that he may testify to them,

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lest they also come to this place of torment.

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Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the

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prophets. Let them hear them. And he said, No,

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Father Abraham, but if one goes to them from

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the dead, they will repent. But he said to him,

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If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither

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will they be persuaded, though one rise from

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the dead. I hope you enjoyed today's reading

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as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing

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you again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.