Hi, and thank you
for joining me today
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for the reading of
God's word. I'm Kelly Mowrer,
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and this is HIS WORDS ARE LIFE
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Before we go to the word of
God, let's go to him in prayer
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together. Dear Heavenly Father
Thank you for bringing us here
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today, to read your word and
you promised us that if we will
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hide your word in our
heart, we won't sin against you.
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We want to be close to you. We
don't want our sins separating
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us from your presence
and from your blessings.
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So help us to hide these words
in our heart. May they bear
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fruit to your
glory. We love you, Amen.
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I'm reading today from
the King James Version.
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This is the gospel of
Luke, chapter 13, verse 34,
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and we're starting right
in the middle of verse 34.
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How often would I have gathered
thy children together as a hen
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doth gather her brood under
her wings. But ye would not.
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Behold your house is left unto
you desolate: and verily I say
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unto you, Ye shall not see
me, until the time when ye shall
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say, Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord.
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Again, reading from the
gospel of Luke, now chapter 14.
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And it came to pass, as he went
into the house of one of the
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chief Pharisees to eat
bread on the Sabbath day,
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that they watched him. And
behold, there was a certain man
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before him which had the dropsy.
And Jesus answering, spake unto
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the lawyers and Pharisees,
saying, Is it lawful to heal
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on the Sabbath day?
And they held their peace.
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And he took him and healed him,
and let him go; and answered
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them saying, Which of you shall
have an ass or an ox fallen into
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a pit, and will not straightway
pull him out on the Sabbath day?
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And they could not answer
him again to these things.
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And he put forth a parable
to those which were bidden,
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when he marked how they
chose out the chief rooms;
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saying unto them, When thou art
bidden of any man to a wedding,
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sit not down in the highest
room lest a more honourable man
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than thou be bidden of him. and
he that bade thee and him come
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and say to thee, Give this man
place; and thou begin with shame
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to take the lowest room.
But when thou art bidden,
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Go and sit down in the lowest
room that when he that bade thee
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cometh, he may say unto
thee, Friend, go up higher:
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then shalt thou have worship
in the presence of them that sit
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at meat with thee. For
whosoever exalteth himself
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shall be abased; and
he that humbleth himself
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shall be exalted. Then said
he also unto him that bade him,
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When thou makest a dinner or
a supper, call not thy friends,
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nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors
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lest they also bid thee again,
and a recompense be made thee.
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But when thou makest a feast,
call the poor, the maimed,
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the lame, the blind:
And thou shalt be blessed;
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For they cannot recompense thee:
for thou shalt be recompensed
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at the resurrection of the just.
And when one of them that sat
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at meat with him heard
these things, he said unto him,
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Blessed is he that shall
eat bread in the kingdom of God.
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Then said he unto him, A
certain man made a great supper
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and bade many: and sent his
servant at supper time to say to
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them that were bidden, Come;
for all things are now ready.
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And they all with one
consent began to make excuse.
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The first said unto him, I
have bought a piece of ground,
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and I must needs go and see
it: I pray thee have me excused.
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And another said, I have bought
five yoke of oxen, and I go to
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prove them: I pray thee have
me excused. And another said,
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I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot come.
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So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things.
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Then the master of the house
being angry said to his servant,
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Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city,
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and bring in hither the poor,
and the maimed, and the halt
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and the blind. And the servant
said, Lord it is done as thou
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hast commanded, and yet there
is room. And the lord said unto
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the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges,
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and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled.
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For I say unto you, That none
of those men which were bidden
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shall taste of my supper.
And there went great multitudes
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with him: and he turned and said
unto them, If any man come to me
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and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children,
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and brethren, and sisters,
yea, and his own life also,
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he cannot be my disciple.
And whosoever does not bear
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his cross, and come after
me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, intending to
build a tower, sitteth not down
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first and counteth the
cost, whether he have sufficient
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to finish it? lest
haply, after he hath laid the
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foundation, and is not able
to finish it, all that behold it
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begin to mock him,
saying, This man began to build,
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and was not able to finish.
Or what king, going to make war
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against another king, sitteth
not down first, and consulteth
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whether he be able with 10,000
to meet him that cometh against
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him with 20,000? Or else, while
the other is yet a great way off
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he sendeth an ambassage, and
desireth conditions of peace.
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So likewise, whosoever he be of
you that forsaketh not all that
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he hath, he
cannot be my disciple.
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Salt is good: but if the
salt have lost his savor,
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wherewith shall it be seasoned?
It is neither fit for the land,
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nor yet for the
dunghill; but men cast it out.
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He that hath ears
to hear, let him hear.
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We're reading in the
gospel of Luke, chapter fifteen.
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Then drew near unto him
all the publicans and sinners
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for to hear him. And
the Pharisees and scribes
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murmured, saying, This man
receiveth sinners, and eateth
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with them. And he spake
this parable unto them, saying,
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What man of you, having an
hundred sheep, if he lose one
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of them, doth not leave the
ninety & nine in the wilderness,
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and go after that which
is lost, until he find it?
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And when he hath found it,
he layeth it on his shoulders,
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rejoicing. And when he
cometh home, he calleth together
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his friends and neighbors,
saying unto them, Rejoice
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with me; for I have
found my sheep which was lost.
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I say unto you, that likewise
joy shall be in heaven over
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one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine
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just persons,
which need no repentance.
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Either what woman having ten
pieces of silver if she lose one
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piece, doth not light a
candle, and sweep the house,
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and seek diligently till
she find it? And when she hath
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found it, she calleth
her friends and her neighbors
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together, saying, Rejoice with
me, for I have found the piece
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which I had lost. Likewise,
I say unto you, there is joy
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in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner
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that repenteth. And he said,
a certain man had two sons:
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And the younger of them said to
his father, Father, give me the
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portion of goods that falleth
to me. And he divided unto them
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his living. And not many days
after the younger son gathered
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it all together, and took
his journey into a far country,
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and there wasted his
substance with riotous living.
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And when he had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine
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in that land; and
he began to be in want.
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And he went and
joined himself to a
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citizen of that country;
and he sent him into his fields
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to feed swine. And he
would fain have filled his belly
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with the husks that the swine
did eat: and no man gave unto
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him. And when he came to himself
he said, How many hired servants
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of my father's have bread enough
and to spare, and I perish
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with hunger! I will arise and
go to my father, and will say
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unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee,
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and am no more worthy to be
called thy son: make me as one
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of thy hired servants. And he
arose, and came to his father.
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But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him, and had
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compassion, and ran, and fell
on his neck, and kissed him.
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And the son said unto him,
Father, I have sinned against
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heaven, and in thy sight, and
am no more worthy to be called
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thy son. But the
father said to his servants,
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Bring forth the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring
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on his hand, and shoes on
his feet: and bring hither
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the fatted calf and kill it;
and let us eat, and be merry.
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For this my son was dead,
and is alive again; he was lost,
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and is found. And they began
to be merry. Now his elder son
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was in the field: and as he
came and drew nigh to the house,
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he heard music and dancing. And
he called one of the servants,
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and asked what these things
meant. And he said unto him,
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Thy brother is come; and thy
father hath killed the fatted
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calf because he hath
received him safe and sound.
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And he was angry, and would
not go in: therefore came his
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father out, and entreated
him. And he answering said
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to his father, Lo, these
many years do I serve thee,
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neither transgressed I
at any time thy commandment:
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and yet thou never gavest me
a kid, that I might make merry
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with my friends: But as
soon as this thy son was come
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which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed
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for him the fatted calf. And
he said unto him, Son, thou art
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ever with me, and all that
I have is thine. It was meet
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that we should make merry, and
be glad: for this thy brother
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was dead, and is alive again;
and was lost, and is found.
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I am reading from the
gospel of Luke, chapter sixteen.
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And he said also unto his
disciples, There was a certain
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rich man, which had a steward;
and the same was accused
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unto him that he had wasted his
goods. And he called him, and
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said unto him, How is it
that I hear this of thee?
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Give an account
of thy stewardship;
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for thou mayest be no
longer steward. Then the steward
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said within himself, What shall
I do? for my lord taketh away
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from me the stewardship: I
cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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I am resolved what to
do, that, when I am put out
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of the stewardship, they may
receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of
his lord's debtors unto him,
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and said unto the first, How
much owest thou unto my lord?
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And he said, An hundred measures
of oil. And he said unto him,
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Take thy bill, and sit
down quickly, and write fifty.
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Then said he to another, And how
much owest thou? And he said,
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An hundred measures of
wheat. And he said unto him,
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Take thy bill
and write fourscore.
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And the lord
commended the unjust steward,
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because he had done wisely:
for the children of this world
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are, in their generation wiser
than the children of light.
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And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon
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of unrighteousness; that, when
ye fail, they may receive you
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into everlasting habitations. He
that is faithful in that which
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is least is faithful also
in much. And he that is unjust
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in the least is unjust also in
much. If therefore ye have not
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been faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your
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trust the true riches? And if ye
have not been faithful in that
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which is another man's who shall
give you that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two masters
for either he will hate the one,
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and love the other; or else he
will hold to the one and despise
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the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
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And the Pharisees
also, who were covetous,
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heard all these things: and
they derided him. And he said
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unto them, Ye are they which
justify yourselves before men;
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but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed
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among men is
abomination in the sight of God.
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The law and the prophets were
until John: since that time the
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kingdom of God is preached,
and every man presseth into it.
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And it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass, than one tittle
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of the law to fail.
Whosoever putteth away his wife,
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and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever
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marrieth her that is
put away from her husband
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committeth adultery. There was
a certain rich man, which was
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clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously
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every day: And there was a
certain beggar named Lazarus,
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which was laid at his gate, full
of sores. And desiring to be fed
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with crumbs which fell
from the rich man's table:
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Moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that
the beggar died, and was carried
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by the angels into Abraham's
bosom: the rich man also died,
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and was buried: And in
hell he lift up his eyes,
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being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus
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in his bosom. And he
cried and said, Father Abraham,
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have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip
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of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue; for I am tormented
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in this flame. But Abraham said,
Son, remember that thou in thy
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lifetime receivedst thy good
things, and likewise Lazarus
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evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou
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art tormented. And beside
all this, between us any you
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there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass
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from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us,
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that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee
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therefore, father, that thou
wouldest send him to my father's
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house: for I have five brethren;
that he may testify unto them,
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lest they also come
into this place of torment.
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Abraham saith unto him, They
have Moses and the prophets;
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let them hear them. And
he said, Nay, father Abraham,
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but if one went unto them
from the dead, they will repent.
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And he said unto him, If they
hear not Moses and the prophets,
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neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.
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Thank you for joining
me today for the reading
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of the word of God. Goodbye.
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