Matthew:20

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* And he said also to the disciples , There was a certain rich man , who had a steward ; and the same was accused to him that he was wasting his goods . * And he called him , and said to him , What is this that I hear of you ? Render the account of your stewardship ; for you can no longer be steward . * And the steward said to himself , What shall I do , seeing that my lord takes away the stewardship from me ? I don 't have strength to dig ; I am ashamed to beg . * I have resolved what to do , that , when I am put out of the stewardship , they may receive me into their houses . * And calling to him each one of his lord 's debtors , he said to the first , How much do you owe to my lord ? * And he said , A hundred measures of oil . And he said to him , Take your bond , and sit down quickly and write fifty . * Then he said to another , And how much do you owe ? And he said , A hundred measures of wheat . He says to him , Take your bond , and write eighty . * And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely : for the sons of this age are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light . * And I say to you (note :){+}(:note ), Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that , when it will fail , they may receive you {+} into the eternal tabernacles . * He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much : and he who is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much . * If therefore you (note :){+}(:note ) haven 't been faithful in the unrighteous mammon , who will commit to your {+} trust the true [riches ]? * And if you (note :){+}(:note ) haven 't been faithful in that which is another 's , who will give you {+} that which is your {+} own ? * No man can serve as a slave to two masters ; for either he will hate the one , and love the other ; or he will hold to one , and despise the other . You (note :){+}(:note ) can 't serve as a slave to God and mammon . * And the Pharisees , who were lovers of money , heard all these things ; and they scoffed at him . * And he said to them , You (note :){+}(:note ) are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men ; but God knows your {+} hearts : for that which is exalted among men is disgusting in the sight of God . * And being asked by the Pharisees , when the kingdom of God comes , he answered them and said , The kingdom of God does not come with observation : * If therefore they will say to you (note :){+}(:note ), Look , he is in the wilderness ; don 't go forth : Look , he is in the inner chambers ; don 't believe [it ]. * For as the lightning comes forth from the east , and is seen even to the west ; so will be the coming of the Son of Man . * Wherever the carcass is , there the eagles will be gathered together . * And he arose from there and comes into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan : and multitudes come together to him again ; and , as he was accustomed , he taught them again . * And Pharisees came to him , and asked him , Is it lawful for a man to divorce [his ] wife ? trying him . * And he answered and said to them , What did Moses command you (note :){+}(:note )? * And they said , Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce , and to divorce . * But Jesus said to them , For your (note :){+}(:note ) hardness of heart he wrote you {+} this commandment . * But from the beginning of the creation , Male and female he made them . * For this cause will a man leave his father and mother , and will stick to his wife ; * and the two will become one flesh : so that they are no more two , but one flesh . * What therefore God has joined together , don 't let man separate . * And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter . * And he says to them , Everyone who divorces his wife , and marries another , commits adultery . * Then there were brought to him little children , that he should touch them : and the disciples rebuked them . * But Jesus said , Allow the little children to come to me , and don 't forbid them : for to such belongs the kingdom of God . * Truly I say to you (note :){+}(:note ), Whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a little child , he will in no way enter in it . * And as he was going forth into the way , one ran to him , and knelt to him , and asked him , Good Teacher , what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life ? * And Jesus said to him , Why do you call me good ? None is good but one , God . * You know the commandments , Do not kill , Do not commit adultery , Do not steal , Do not bear false witness , Do not defraud , Honor your father and mother . * And he said to him , Teacher , all these things I have observed from my youth . * And Jesus looking on him loved him , and said to him , One thing you lack : go , sell whatever you have , and give to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven : and come , follow me . * But his countenance fell at the saying , and he went away sorrowful : for he was one who had great possessions . * And Jesus looked around , and says to his disciples , How hardly will those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God ! * And the disciples were amazed at his words . But Jesus answers again , and says to them , Children , how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God ! * It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle , than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God . * And they were exceedingly astonished , saying to themselves , Then who can be saved ? * Jesus looking on them says , With men it is impossible , but not with God : for all things are possible with God . * Peter began to say to him , Look , we have left all , and have followed you . * Jesus said , Truly I say to you (note :){+}(:note ), There is no man who has left house , or brothers , or sisters , or mother , or father , or children , or lands , for the sake of me , and for the sake of the good news , * but he [who ] will receive a hundredfold now in this time , houses , and brothers , and sisters , and mothers , and children , and lands , with persecutions ; and in the age to come eternal life . But many [who are ] first will be last ; and the last first .

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