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Chapter22

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 66. Luke 22:1-71

1. Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

2. and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

3. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.

4. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

5. They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

6. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.

7. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

8. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."

9. "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked.

10. He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,

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11. and say to the owner of the house, `The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'

12. He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there."

13. They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

14. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.

15. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

16. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

17. After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you.

18. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

19. And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."

20. In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

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21. But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

22. The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him."

23. They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

24. Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

25. Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

26. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

27. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

28. You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

29. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,

30. so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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31. "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.

32. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

33. But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."

34. Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me."

35. Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered.

36. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.

37. It is written: `And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."

38. The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.

39. Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.

40. On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

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41. He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,

42. "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

43. An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

44. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

45. When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

46. "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."

47. While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,

48. but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

49. When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?"

50. And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

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51. But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.

52. Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?

53. Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour -- when darkness reigns."

54. Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.

55. But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.

56. A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."

57. But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.

58. A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied.

59. About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."

60. Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.

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61. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times."

62. And he went outside and wept bitterly.

63. The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

64. They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"

65. And they said many other insulting things to him.

66. At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them.

67. "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me,

68. and if I asked you, you would not answer.

69. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

70. They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am."

71. Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."

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Chapter21

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 65. Luke 21:1-38

1. As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.

2. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.

3. "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

4. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."

5. Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said,

6. "As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down."

7. "Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"

8. He replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am he,' and, `The time is near.' Do not follow them.

9. When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away."

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10. Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

11. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

12. "But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.

13. This will result in your being witnesses to them.

14. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.

15. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

16. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

17. All men will hate you because of me.

18. But not a hair of your head will perish.

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19. By standing firm you will gain life.

20. "When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.

21. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.

22. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.

23. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

24. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

25. "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

26. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

27. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

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29. He told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

30. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.

31. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

32. "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

33. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

34. "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.

35. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

36. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

37. Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,

38. and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.

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Chapter20

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 64. Luke 20:1-47

1. One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.

2. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"

3. He replied, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me,

4. John's baptism -- was it from heaven, or from men?"

5. They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, `From heaven,' he will ask, `Why didn't you believe him?'

6. But if we say, `From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

7. So they answered, "We don't know where it was from."

8. Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

9. He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.

10. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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11. He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.

12. He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.

13. "Then the owner of the vineyard said, `What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.'

14. "But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. `This is the heir,' they said. `Let's kill him, and 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 kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never be!"

17. Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: "`The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone'?

18. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

19. The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

20. Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

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21. So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

22. Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

23. He saw through their duplicity and said to them,

24. "Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and inscription are on it?"

25. "Caesar's," they replied. He said to them, "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

26. They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.

27. Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.

28. "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.

29. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.

30. The second

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31. and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children.

32. Finally, the woman died too.

33. Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"

34. Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

35. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,

36. and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection.

37. But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord `the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

38. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

39. Some of the teachers of the law responded, "Well said, teacher!"

40. And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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41. Then Jesus said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David?

42. David himself declares 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. David calls him `Lord.' How then can he be his son?"

45. While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

46. "Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

47. They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."

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Chapter19

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 63. Luke 19:1-48

1. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

2. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.

3. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd.

4. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."

6. So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7. All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a `sinner.'"

8. But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

9. Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

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11. While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

12. He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

13. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. `Put this money to work,' he said, `until I come back.'

14. "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, `We don't want this man to be our king.'

15. "He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

16. "The first one came and said, `Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'

17. "`Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. `Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'

18. "The second came and said, `Sir, your mina has earned five more.'

19. "His master answered, `You take charge of five cities.'

20. "Then another servant came and said, `Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.

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21. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'

22. "His master replied, `I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?

23. Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'

24. "Then he said to those standing by, `Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

25. "`Sir,' they said, `he already has ten!'

26. "He replied, `I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

27. But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them -- bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"

28. After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

29. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them,

30. "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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31. If anyone asks you, `Why are you untying it?' tell him, `The Lord needs it.'"

32. Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.

33. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

34. They replied, "The Lord needs it."

35. They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.

36. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

37. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

38. "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

39. Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

40. "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

41. As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it

42. and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace -- but now it is hidden from your eyes.

43. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

44. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."

45. Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling.

46. "It is written," he said to them, "`My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it `a den of robbers.'"

47. Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

48. Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

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Chapter18

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 62. Luke 18:1-43

1. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

2. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.

3. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, `Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4. "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, `Even though I don't fear God or care about men,

5. yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"

6. And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

8. I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

9. To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:

10. "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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11. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: `God, I thank you that I am not like other men -- robbers, evildoers, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

12. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

13. "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, `God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

14. "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

15. People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

16. But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

17. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

18. A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

19. "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good -- except God alone.

20. You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

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21. "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.

22. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

23. When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.

24. Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

25. Indeed, 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."

26. Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"

27. Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

28. Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"

29. "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30. will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."

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31. Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

32. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.

33. On the third day he will rise again."

34. The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

35. As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

36. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

37. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

38. He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

39. Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

40. Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

41. "What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied.

42. Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."

43. Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.

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Chapter17

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 61. Luke 17:1-37

1. Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come.

2. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

3. So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, `I repent,' forgive him."

5. The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6. He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

7. "Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, `Come along now and sit down to eat'?

8. Would he not rather say, `Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?

9. Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?

10. So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"

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11. Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.

12. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance

13. and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"

14. When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.

15. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.

16. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him -- and he was a Samaritan.

17. Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

18. Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

19. Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."

20. Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation,

21. nor will people say, `Here it is,' or `There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."

22. Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

23. Men will tell you, `There he is!' or `Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

24. For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.

25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

26. "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

27. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28. "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

29. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30. "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

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31. On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.

32. Remember Lot's wife!

33. Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

34. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

35. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."

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37. "Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."

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Chapter16

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 60. Luke 16:1-31

1. Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2. So he called him in and asked him, `What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'

3. "The manager said to himself, `What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg --

4. I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'

5. "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, `How much do you owe my master?'

6. "`Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, `Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'

7. "Then he asked the second, `And how much do you owe?' "`A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, `Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'

8. "The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

9. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

10. "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

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11. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

12. And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?

13. "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

14. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

15. He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.

16. "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18. "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19. "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

20. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores

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21. and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22. "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

23. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

24. So he called to him, `Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'

25. "But Abraham replied, `Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

26. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

27. "He answered, `Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,

28. for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

29. "Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'

30. "`No, father Abraham,' he said, `but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

31. "He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

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Chapter15

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 59. Luke 15:1-32

1. Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him.

2. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

3. Then Jesus told them this parable:

4. "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

5. And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders

6. and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, `Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'

7. I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

8. "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

9. And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, `Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.'

10. In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

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11. Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons.

12. The younger one said to his father, `Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

13. "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

14. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

15. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

16. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

17. "When he came to his senses, he said, `How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

18. I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

19. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.'

20. So he got up and went to his father. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

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21. "The son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

22. "But the father said to his servants, `Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

23. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate.

24. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

25. "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

26. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

27. `Your brother has come,' he replied, `and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

28. "The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

29. But he answered his father, `Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

30. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

31. "`My son,' the father said, `you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

32. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"

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Chapter14

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 58. Luke 14:1-35

1. One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.

2. There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

3. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

4. But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.

5. Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?"

6. And they had nothing to say.

7. When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

8. "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.

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9. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, `Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.

10. But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, `Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests.

11. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

12. Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.

13. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

14. and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

15. When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."

16. Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.

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17. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, `Come, for everything is now ready.'

18. "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, `I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'

19. "Another said, `I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

20. "Still another said, `I just got married, so I can't come.'

21. "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, `Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'

22. "`Sir,' the servant said, `what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'

23. "Then the master told his servant, `Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.

24. I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"

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25. Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:

26. "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters -- yes, even his own life -- he cannot be my disciple.

27. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

28. "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

29. For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

30. saying, `This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'

31. "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32. If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

33. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

34. "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

35. It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Chapter13

[New Testament One Chapter per Day] Day 57. Luke 13:1-35

1. Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

2. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?

3. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

4. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them -- do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."

6. Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

7. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, `For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

8. "`Sir,' the man replied, `leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.

9. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'"

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10. On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

11. and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

12. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."

13. Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

14. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."

15. The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?

16. Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"

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17. When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

18. Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

19. It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches."

20. Again he asked, "What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

21. It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."

22. Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.

23. Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them,

24. "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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25. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, `Sir, open the door for us.' "But he will answer, `I don't know you or where you come from.'

26. "Then you will say, `We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

27. "But he will reply, `I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'

28. "There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

29. People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

30. Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."

31. At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you."

32. He replied, "Go tell that fox, `I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.'

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33. In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day -- for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

34. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

35. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"