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32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
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"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
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Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,
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"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;
36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.
37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.
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Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.
38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
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If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
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"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
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You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."
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