~Book of Luke~
Luke 2
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Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?
Luke 4
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It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'
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It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
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To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.
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Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
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No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'
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Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
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But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
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And yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
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Be quiet and come out of him!
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I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.
Luke 5
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Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.
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Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.
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I am willing; be cleansed.
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But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
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Friend, your sins are forgiven you.
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Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
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Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
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But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.
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Follow Me.
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It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.
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I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
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You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
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But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.
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No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
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And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.
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But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
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And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, 'The old is good enough.'
Luke 6
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Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
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How he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?
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The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
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Get up and come forward!
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I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?
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Stretch out your hand!
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Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
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Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
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Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.
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But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.
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Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
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Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.
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But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.
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Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.
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Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.
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If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
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If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
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Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.
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Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
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A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit ?
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A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
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Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
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Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
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For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
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For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.
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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
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Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
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Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show
you whom he is like:
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He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
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But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.
Luke 7
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I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
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Do not weep.
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Young man, I say to you, arise!
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Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.
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What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.
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This is the one about whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare Your way before You.'
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I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
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They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
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For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners !'
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Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.
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Simon, I have something to say to you. Say it, Teacher.
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A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
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When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?
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You have judged correctly.
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Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
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You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.
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You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.
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For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.
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Your sins have been forgiven.
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Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
Luke 8
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The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.
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Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
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Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.
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Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
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Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
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Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.
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Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
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The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
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But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.
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Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
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For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
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So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him.
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My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.
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Let us go over to the other side of the lake.
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Where is your faith?
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What is your name?
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Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.
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Who is the one who touched Me?
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Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.
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Daughter, your faith has made you well ; go in peace.
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Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.
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Stop weeping, for she has not died, but is asleep.
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Child, arise!
Luke 9
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Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.
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Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that city.
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And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.
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You give them something to eat!
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Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.
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Who do the people say that I am?
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But who do you say that I am?
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The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.
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If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
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For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
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For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
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For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.
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You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.
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Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.
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Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me;
for the one who is least among all of you this is the one who is great.
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Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you.
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You do not know what kind of spirit you are of
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For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
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The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.
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Follow Me.
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Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.
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No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke 10
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The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
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Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
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Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
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Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
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If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
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Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.
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Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
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And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
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But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
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'Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'
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I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
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Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
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And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!
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The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.
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I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
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Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.
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I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
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All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
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Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,
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For I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear and did not hear them.
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What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?
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You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.
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A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
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And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
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Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
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But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
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And came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
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On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return will repay you.'
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Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?
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Go and do the same.
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Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;
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But only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 11
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And When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. 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 ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'
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Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
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For a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
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And from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been 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 he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
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So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
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Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
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Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?
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Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.
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If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
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And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So 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 come upon you.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.
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But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
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He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.
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When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
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Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
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On the contrary , blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.
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This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
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For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
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The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
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No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
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The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
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Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.
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If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.
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Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
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You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
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But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.
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But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.4
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Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.
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Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.
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Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.
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So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.
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For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
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So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
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From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.'
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Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.
Luke 12
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Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
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Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.
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But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
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Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
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Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
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And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;
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But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.
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When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;
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For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
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Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?
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Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.
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The land of a rich man was very productive.
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And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'
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Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'
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But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?'
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So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
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For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
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Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
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And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?
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If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
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Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
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But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
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And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
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For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
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But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
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Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
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Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
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Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.
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Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
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Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
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But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
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You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.
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Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
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Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
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Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
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The master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a
place with the unbelievers.
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And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,
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But the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
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I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
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But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
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Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
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For from now on five members in one household will be 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 daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
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When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it turns out.
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And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way.
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You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?
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And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?
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For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.
Luke 13
2
Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?
3
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
4
Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were
worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?
5
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
6
A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
7
And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'
8
And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
9
And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'
12
Woman, you are freed from your sickness.
15
You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
16
And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?
18
What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
19
It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.
20
To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.
24
Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25
Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then Hewill answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are from.'
26
Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets ';
27
And He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from me, all you evildoers.'
28
In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
29
And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
30
And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.
32
Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.'
33
Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.
34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!
35
Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'
Luke 14
3
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
5
Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?
8
When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
9
And he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.
10
But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.
11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
12
When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.
13
But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14
And you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
16
A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;
17
And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for
everything is ready now.'
18
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'
19
Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'
20
Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'
21
And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'
22
And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
23
And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'
26
If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
28
For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
29
Otherwise , when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,
30
Saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
31
Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32
Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
33
So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.
34
Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
35
It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 15
4
What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
7
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8
Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
9
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!'
10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
11
A man had two sons.
12
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' So he divided his wealth between them.
13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
14
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
15
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16
And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
17
But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!'
18
'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;
19
I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men." '
20
So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
21
And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22
But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
23
And bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
24
For this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
25
Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26
And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.
27
And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'
28
But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.
29
But he answered and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31
And he said to him, 'Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'
Luke 16
1
There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
2
And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
3
The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
4
'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
5
And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master ?'
6
And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
7
Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
8
And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
9
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.
10
He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also is much.
11
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
12
And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
13
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
15
You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19
Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
20
And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
21
And longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
22
Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
23
In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
24
And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
26
'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
27
And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-
28
For I have five brothers - in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
29
But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'
30
But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'
31
But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'
Luke 17
1
It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!
2
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3
Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4
And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him.
6
If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you.
7
Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat?'
8
But will he not say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink'?
9
He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?
10
So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.'
14
Go and show yourselves to the priests.
17
Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine - where are they?
18
Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?
19
Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.
20
The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
21
Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.
22
The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
23
They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.
24
For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.
25
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26
And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
27
They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28
It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
29
But on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30
It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31
On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.
32
Remember Lot's wife.
33
Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
35
There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.
36
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.
37
Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.
Luke 18
2
In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
3
There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.'
4
For awhile he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
5
Yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming
she will wear me out.'
6
Hear what the unrighteous judge said;
7
Now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
8
I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?
10
Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11
The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12
'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.'
13
But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
14
I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.
16
Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17
Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.
19
Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
20
You know the commandments, 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.'
22
One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.
24
How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
25
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
27
The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.
29
Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
30
Who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.
31
Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
32
For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,
33
And after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again.
41
What do you want Me to do for you?
42
Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.
Luke 19
5
Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.
9
Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
12
A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
13
And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.'
14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
15
When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.
16
The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'
17
And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'
18
The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
19
And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
20
Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;
21
For I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.'
22
He said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
23
Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?'
24
Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'
25
And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.'
26
I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
27
But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.
30
Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.
31
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say, 'The Lord has need of it.'
40
I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!
42
If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
43
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
44
And they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.
46
It is written, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' den.
Luke 20
3
I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
4
Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?
8
Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9
A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10
At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11
And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
12
And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
13
The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
14
But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'
15
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16
He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others. May
it never be!
17
What then is this that is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone'?
18
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.
24
Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?
25
Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
34
The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
35
But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
36
For they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37
But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38
Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.
41
How is it that they say the Christ is David's son?
42
For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
43
Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'
44
Therefore David calls Him 'Lord,' and how is He his son?
46
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,
47
Who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
Luke 21
3
Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;
4
For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.
6
As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.
8
See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.
9
When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.
10
Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
11
And there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake.
13
It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony.
14
So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
15
For I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
16
But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
17
And you will be hated by all because of My name.
18
Yet not a hair of your head will perish.
19
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
21
Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;
22
Because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.
23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;
24
And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
26
Men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28
But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
29
Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
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As soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near.
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So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.
32
Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.
33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
34
Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
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For it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.
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But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Luke 22
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Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.
10
When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.
11
And you shall say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'
12
And he will show you a large, furnished upper room; prepare it there.
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I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
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For I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
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Take this and share it among yourselves;
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For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.
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This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.
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This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
21
But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.
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For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!
25
The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called 'Benefactors.'
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But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.
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For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
28
You are those who have stood by Me in My trials;
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And just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you
30
That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;
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But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
34
I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.
35
When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?
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But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
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For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, 'And He was numbered with transgressors'; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.
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It is enough.
40
Pray that you may not enter into temptation.
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Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.
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Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.
48
Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?
51
Stop! No more of this.
52
Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?
53
While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.
67
If I tell you, you will not believe;
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And if I ask a question, you will not answer.
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But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
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Yes, I am.
Luke 23
3
It is as you say.
28
Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29
For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
30
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
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For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?
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Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.
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Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.
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Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.
Luke 24
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What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?
19
What things?
25
O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?
36
Peace be to you.
38
Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39
See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
41
Have you anything here to eat?
44
These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
46
Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
47
And that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48
You are witnesses of these things.
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And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
~End of Luke~
49
Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?
Luke 4
4
It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'
8
It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'
18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
19
To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.
21
Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
23
No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'
24
Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
25
But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
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And yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
35
Be quiet and come out of him!
43
I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.
Luke 5
4
Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.
10
Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.
13
I am willing; be cleansed.
14
But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
20
Friend, your sins are forgiven you.
22
Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
23
Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
24
But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.
27
Follow Me.
31
It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.
32
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
34
You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
35
But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.
36
No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
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And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.
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But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
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And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, 'The old is good enough.'
Luke 6
3
Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
4
How he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?
5
The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
8
Get up and come forward!
9
I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?
10
Stretch out your hand!
20
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22
Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
23
Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.
24
But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.
25
Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.
27
But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
29
Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.
30
Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.
31
Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.
32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
34
If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
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Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37
Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.
38
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
39
A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit ?
40
A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
41
Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
42
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
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For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
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For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.
45
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
46
Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
47
Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show
you whom he is like:
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He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
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But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.
Luke 7
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I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
13
Do not weep.
14
Young man, I say to you, arise!
22
Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
23
Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.
24
What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
25
But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.
27
This is the one about whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare Your way before You.'
28
I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
31
To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
32
They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
33
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
34
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners !'
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Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.
40
Simon, I have something to say to you. Say it, Teacher.
41
A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42
When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?
43
You have judged correctly.
44
Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
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You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.
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You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.
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For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.
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Your sins have been forgiven.
50
Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
Luke 8
5
The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.
6
Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7
Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.
8
Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
10
To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
11
Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
12
Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.
13
Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
14
The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15
But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.
16
Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
17
For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
18
So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him.
21
My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.
22
Let us go over to the other side of the lake.
25
Where is your faith?
30
What is your name?
39
Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.
45
Who is the one who touched Me?
46
Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.
48
Daughter, your faith has made you well ; go in peace.
50
Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.
52
Stop weeping, for she has not died, but is asleep.
54
Child, arise!
Luke 9
3
Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.
4
Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that city.
5
And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.
13
You give them something to eat!
14
Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.
18
Who do the people say that I am?
20
But who do you say that I am?
22
The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.
23
If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
24
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
25
For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
26
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27
But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.
41
You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.
44
Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.
48
Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me;
for the one who is least among all of you this is the one who is great.
50
Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you.
55
You do not know what kind of spirit you are of
56
For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
58
The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.
59
Follow Me.
60
Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.
62
No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke 10
2
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
3
Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4
Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
5
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
6
If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
7
Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.
8
Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
9
And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
10
But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
11
'Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'
12
I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
13
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14
But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
15
And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!
16
The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.
18
I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.
20
Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.
21
I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
22
All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
23
Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,
24
For I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear and did not hear them.
26
What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?
28
You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.
30
A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
31
And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32
Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33
But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
34
And came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35
On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return will repay you.'
36
Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?
37
Go and do the same.
41
Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;
42
But only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 11
2
And When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
3
Give us each day our daily bread.
4
And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'
5
Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
6
For a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
7
And from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'
8
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9
So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10
For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
11
Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12
Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?
17
Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.
18
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19
And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.
20
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.
22
But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
23
He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.
24
When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
25
And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
26
Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
28
On the contrary , blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.
29
This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30
For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
31
The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
32
The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
33
No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
34
The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
35
Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.
36
If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.
39
Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
40
You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41
But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.
42
But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.4
43
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.
44
Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.
46
Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.
48
So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.
49
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
50
So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
51
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.'
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Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.
Luke 12
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Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
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Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4
I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.
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But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
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Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
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Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
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And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;
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But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.
11
When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;
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For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
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Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?
15
Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.
16
The land of a rich man was very productive.
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And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'
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Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19
'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'
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But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?'
21
So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22
For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
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For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
24
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
25
And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?
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If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
27
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
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But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
29
And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
30
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
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But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
33
Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35
Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.
36
Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.
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Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
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Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
39
But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
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You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.
42
Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43
Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
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Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45
But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
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The master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a
place with the unbelievers.
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And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,
48
But the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
49
I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
50
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51
Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
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For from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
53
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
54
When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it turns out.
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And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way.
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You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?
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And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?
58
For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59
I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.
Luke 13
2
Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?
3
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
4
Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were
worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?
5
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
6
A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
7
And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'
8
And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
9
And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'
12
Woman, you are freed from your sickness.
15
You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
16
And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?
18
What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
19
It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.
20
To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.
24
Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25
Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then Hewill answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are from.'
26
Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets ';
27
And He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from me, all you evildoers.'
28
In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
29
And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
30
And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.
32
Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.'
33
Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.
34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!
35
Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'
Luke 14
3
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
5
Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?
8
When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
9
And he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.
10
But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.
11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
12
When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.
13
But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14
And you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
16
A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;
17
And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for
everything is ready now.'
18
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'
19
Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'
20
Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'
21
And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'
22
And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
23
And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'
26
If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
28
For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
29
Otherwise , when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,
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Saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
31
Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32
Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
33
So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.
34
Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
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It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 15
4
What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
7
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8
Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
9
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!'
10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
11
A man had two sons.
12
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' So he divided his wealth between them.
13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
14
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
15
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
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And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
17
But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!'
18
'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;
19
I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men." '
20
So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
21
And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22
But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
23
And bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
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For this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
25
Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26
And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.
27
And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'
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But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.
29
But he answered and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31
And he said to him, 'Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'
Luke 16
1
There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
2
And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
3
The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
4
'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
5
And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master ?'
6
And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
7
Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
8
And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
9
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.
10
He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also is much.
11
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
12
And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
13
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
15
You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19
Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
20
And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
21
And longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
22
Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
23
In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
24
And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
26
'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
27
And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-
28
For I have five brothers - in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
29
But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'
30
But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!'
31
But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'
Luke 17
1
It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!
2
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3
Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4
And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him.
6
If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you.
7
Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat?'
8
But will he not say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink'?
9
He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?
10
So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.'
14
Go and show yourselves to the priests.
17
Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine - where are they?
18
Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?
19
Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.
20
The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
21
Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.
22
The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
23
They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.
24
For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.
25
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26
And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
27
They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28
It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
29
But on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30
It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31
On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.
32
Remember Lot's wife.
33
Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
35
There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.
36
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.
37
Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.
Luke 18
2
In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
3
There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.'
4
For awhile he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
5
Yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming
she will wear me out.'
6
Hear what the unrighteous judge said;
7
Now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
8
I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?
10
Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11
The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12
'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.'
13
But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
14
I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.
16
Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17
Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.
19
Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
20
You know the commandments, 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.'
22
One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.
24
How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
25
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
27
The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.
29
Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
30
Who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.
31
Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
32
For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,
33
And after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again.
41
What do you want Me to do for you?
42
Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.
Luke 19
5
Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.
9
Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
12
A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
13
And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.'
14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
15
When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.
16
The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'
17
And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'
18
The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.'
19
And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
20
Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;
21
For I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.'
22
He said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
23
Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?'
24
Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'
25
And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.'
26
I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
27
But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.
30
Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.
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If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say, 'The Lord has need of it.'
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I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!
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If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
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For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
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And they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.
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It is written, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' den.
Luke 20
3
I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
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Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?
8
Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9
A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
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At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
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And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
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The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
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But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'
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So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others. May
it never be!
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What then is this that is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone'?
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.
24
Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?
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Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
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The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
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But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
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For they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
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But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.
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How is it that they say the Christ is David's son?
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For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
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Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'
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Therefore David calls Him 'Lord,' and how is He his son?
46
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,
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Who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
Luke 21
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Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;
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For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.
6
As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.
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See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.
9
When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.
10
Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
11
And there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
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But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake.
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It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony.
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So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
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For I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
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But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
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And you will be hated by all because of My name.
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Yet not a hair of your head will perish.
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By your endurance you will gain your lives.
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But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
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Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;
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Because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.
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Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;
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And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
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Men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
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Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
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As soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near.
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So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.
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Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
34
Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
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For it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.
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But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Luke 22
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Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.
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When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.
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And you shall say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'
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And he will show you a large, furnished upper room; prepare it there.
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I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
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For I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
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Take this and share it among yourselves;
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For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.
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This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.
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This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
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But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.
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For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!
25
The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called 'Benefactors.'
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But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.
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For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
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You are those who have stood by Me in My trials;
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And just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you
30
That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;
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But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
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I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.
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When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?
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But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
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For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, 'And He was numbered with transgressors'; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.
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It is enough.
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Pray that you may not enter into temptation.
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Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.
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Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.
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Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?
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Stop! No more of this.
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Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?
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While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.
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If I tell you, you will not believe;
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And if I ask a question, you will not answer.
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But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
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Yes, I am.
Luke 23
3
It is as you say.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
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Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
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For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?
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Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.
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Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.
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Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.
Luke 24
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What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?
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What things?
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O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
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Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?
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Peace be to you.
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Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
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Have you anything here to eat?
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These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
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Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
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And that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
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You are witnesses of these things.
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And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
~End of Luke~
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