Hi, and thank you for
joining me today for the reading
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of God's word.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, 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.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
You for bringing us here today
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to read Your word.
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You've promised us that if we
will hide Your word in our heart
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we won't sin against You.
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We want to be close to You.
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We don't want our sins
separating us from your
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presence and from Your
blessings, so help us to hide
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these words in our heart,
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and may they bear
fruit o Your glory.
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We love You.
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Amen.
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I'm reading today from
the King James Version,
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and this is the gospel of Luke,
chapter 13, verse 34, and we're
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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, and 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 come when ye
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shall 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.
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And, behold, there was a
certain man before him which had
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the dropsy.
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And Jesus answering spake
unto the lawyers and Pharisees,
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saying, Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath day?
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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
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fallen into a pit, and will
not straightway pull him out
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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 honorable man
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than thou be bidden of him;
and he that bade thee and him
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to come and say to thee, Give
this man place; and thou begin
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with shame to
take the lowest room.
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But when thou art bidden, go
and sit down in the lowest room;
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that when he that bade thee
cometh, he may say unto thee,
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Friend, go up higher: then
shalt thou have worship in the
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presence of them that
sit at meat with thee.
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For whosoever exalteth himself
shall be abased; and he that
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humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
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Then said he also to him that
bade him, When thou makest a
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dinner or a supper, call not
thy friends, nor thy brethren,
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neither thy kinsmen, nor thy
rich neighbors; lest they also
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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; for they
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cannot recompense thee:
for thou shalt be recompensed
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at the resurrection of the just.
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And when one of them that
sat at meat with him heard these
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things, he said unto him,
Blessed is he that shall eat
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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.
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And another said, I have
married a wife, and therefore
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I cannot come.
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So that servant came, and
showed 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, and bring
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in hither the poor, and
the maimed, and the halt,
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and the blind.
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And the servant said,
Lord, it is done as thou hast
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commanded, and
yet there is room.
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And the lord said unto
the servant, Go out into the
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highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house
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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.
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And there went great multitudes
with him: and he turned,
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and said unto them, If any
man come to me, and hate not his
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father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren,
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and sisters, yea, and
his own life also, he cannot
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be my disciple.
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And whosoever doth not bear
his cross, and come after me,
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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?
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Lest haply, after he hath laid
the foundation, and is not able
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to finish it, all that behold
it begin to mock him, saying,
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This man began to build,
and was not able to finish.
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Or what king, going to
make war against another king,
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sitteth not down first,
and consulteth whether he be
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able with ten thousand to meet
him that cometh against him with
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twenty thousand?
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Or else, while the other is yet
a great way off, he sendeth an
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ambassage, and
desireth conditions of peace.
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So likewise, whosoever he be
of you that forsaketh not all
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that 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?
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It is neither fit for the
land, nor yet for the dunghill;
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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 15.
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Then drew near unto him
all the publicans and sinners
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for to hear him.
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And the Pharisees and scribes
murmured, saying, This man
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receiveth sinners,
and eateth with them.
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And he spake this parable unto
them, saying, What man of you,
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having an hundred sheep, if he
lose one of them, doth not leave
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the ninety and nine in the
wilderness, and go after that
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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.
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And when he cometh home, he
calleth together his friends and
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neighbors, saying unto them,
Rejoice with me; for I have
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found my sheep which was lost.
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I say unto you, that likewise
joy shall be in heaven over one
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sinner that repenteth, more
than over ninety and nine just
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persons, which
need no repentance.
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Either what woman having ten
pieces of silver, if she lose
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one piece, doth not light a
candle, and sweep the house,
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and seek
diligently till she find it.
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And when she hath found it,
she calleth her friends and her
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neighbors together, saying,
Rejoice with me; for I have
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found the piece
which I had lost.
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Likewise, I say unto you, there
is joy in the presence of the
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angels of God over
one sinner that repenteth.
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And he said, A certain man
had two sons: and the younger of
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them said to his father, Father,
give me the portion of goods
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that falleth to me.
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And he divided
unto them his living.
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And not many days after
the younger son gathered all
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together, and took his journey
into a far country, and there
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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 citizen of that country;
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and he sent him into
his fields to feed swine.
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And he would fain have
filled his belly with the husks
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that the swine did eat:
and no man gave unto him.
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And when he came to
himself, he said, How many hired
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servants of my father's
have bread enough and to spare,
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and I perish with hunger!
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I will arise and go to my
father, and will say unto him,
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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
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one of thy hired servants.
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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,
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and had compassion, and
ran, and fell on his neck,
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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
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called thy son.
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But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best
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robe, and put it on him; and put
a ring on his hand, and shoes on
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his feet: and bring hither
the fatted calf, and kill it;
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and let us eat, and be
merry: for this my son was dead,
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and is alive again; he
was lost, and is found.
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And they began to be merry.
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Now his elder son was in the
field: and as he came and drew
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nigh to the house, he
heard music and dancing.
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And he called one of
the servants, and asked what
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these things meant.
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And he said unto
him, Thy brother is come;
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and thy father hath killed
the fatted calf, because he hath
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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.
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And he answering said to his
father, Lo, these many years do
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I serve thee, neither
transgressed I at any time thy
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commandment; and yet thou never
gavest me a kid, that I might
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make merry with my friends;
but as soon as this thy son was
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come, which hath devoured thy
living with harlots, thou hast
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killed for him the fatted calf.
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And he said unto him, Son, thou
art ever with me, and all that I
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have is thine.
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It was meet that we should make
merry, and be glad: for this
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thy brother was dead, and
is alive again; and was lost,
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and is found.
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I'm reading from the
gospel of Luke, chapter 16.
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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 unto
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him that he had
wasted his goods.
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And he called him, and said unto
him, How is it that I hear this
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of thee? give an account of thy
stewardship; for thou mayest be
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no longer steward.
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Then the steward said within
himself, What shall I do? for my
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lord taketh away from me
the stewardship: I cannot dig;
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to beg I am ashamed.
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I am resolved what to do,
that, when I am put out of the
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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.
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And he said unto him, Take
thy bill, and sit down quickly,
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and write fifty.
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Then said he to another,
And how much owest thou?
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And he said, An
hundred measures of wheat.
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And he said unto him, Take
thy bill, and write fourscore.
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And the lord commended the
unjust steward, because he had
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done wisely: for the children
of this world are in their
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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.
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He that is faithful in that
which is least is faithful also
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in much: and he that is
unjust in the least is unjust
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also in much.
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If therefore ye have not
been faithful in the unrighteous
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mammon, who will commit to
your trust the true riches?
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And if ye have not been faithful
in that which is another man's,
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who shall give you
that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two
masters: for either he will
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hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to
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the one and despise the other.
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Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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And the Pharisees also, who
were covetous, heard all these
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things: and they derided him.
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And he said unto them, Ye are
they which justify yourselves
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before men; but God knoweth
your hearts: for that which is
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highly esteemed 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.
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Whosoever putteth away his
wife, and marrieth another,
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committeth adultery: and
whosoever marrieth her that is
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put away from her
husband committeth adultery.
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There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and
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fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day:
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and there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at
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his gate, full of sores,
and desiring to be fed with the
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crumbs which fell from the rich
man's table: moreover the dogs
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came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by
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the angels into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died, and was
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buried; and in hell he lifted
up his eyes, being in torments,
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and seeth Abraham afar
off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me,
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and send Lazarus, that he
may dip the tip of his finger in
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water, and cool my tongue; for
I am tormented in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Son, remember
that thou in thy lifetime
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receivedst thy good things, and
likewise Lazarus evil things:
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but now he is comforted,
and thou art tormented.
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And beside all this, between
us and you there is a great gulf
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fixed: so that they which would
pass from hence to you cannot;
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neither can they pass to
us, that would come from thence.
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Then he said, I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou
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wouldest send him to my
father's house: for I have five
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brethren; that he may testify
unto them, lest they also come
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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.
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And he said, Nay, father
Abraham: but if one went unto
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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 of the
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