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And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
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And Jesus responded and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans just because they have suffered this fate?
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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.”
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The Lost Sheep
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near Jesus to listen to Him.
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And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to complain, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
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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 people who have no need of repentance.
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In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;
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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.’
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And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.
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Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
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And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
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But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
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And he said, “All these things I have kept since my youth.”
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When the people saw this, they all began to complain, saying, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!”
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And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’
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But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, since they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
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And the chief priests and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people.
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And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, since he also was in Jerusalem at this time.
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But the other responded, and rebuking him, said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise from the dead.”
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But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
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and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.