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And he answeringsaid unto him,Lord,letitalonethisyearalso,tillI shall digaboutit,anddung* it:
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And ifitbearfruit, well: and if not, then after that* thou shalt cutitdown.
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And he wasteachinginone of the synagogueson the sabbath.
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And,behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmityeighteen**years,andwas bowed together, andcouldinnowise lift up herself.
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And when Jesussawher, he called her to him, andsaid unto her,Woman, thou art loosed from thineinfirmity.
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And he laid his handsonher:andimmediately she was made straight, andglorifiedGod.
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And the ruler of the synagogueanswered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There aresixdaysinwhich men ought to work: inthemthereforecome and be healed, andnot on the sabbathday.
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The Lordthenansweredhim,andsaid, Thou hypocrite,dothnot each one of you on the sabbathloosehisoxor his assfrom the stall,and lead him away to watering?
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Andoughtnot this woman,being a daughter of Abraham,whomSatan hath bound, lo, these eighteen**years, be loosedfromthisbond on the sabbathday?
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And when he had said these things,allhisadversaries were ashamed: andall the peoplerejoicedforall the glorious things that were donebyhim.
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Then said he, Unto whatis the kingdom of Godlike?andwhereunto shall I resembleit?
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It islike a grain of mustard seed,which a mantook, and castintohisgarden;and it grew, andwaxed* a greattree;and the fowls of the airlodgedin the branches of it.
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Andagain he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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It islikeleaven,which a womantook and hidinthreemeasures of meal,tillthewhole was leavened.
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And he wentthrough the citiesandvillages,teaching, andjourneying*towardJerusalem.
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Thensaidoneuntohim,Lord, are there fewthat be saved? And he said unto them,
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Strive to enter inat the straitgate:formany, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, andshallnot be able.
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When once*the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door,and ye begin to standwithout,and to knock at the door,saying, Lord,Lord,open unto us;and he shall answer and say unto you, I knowyounotwhence ye are:
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Then shall ye begin to say, We have eatenanddrunk in thypresence,and thou hast taughtinourstreets.
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But he shall say, I tellyou, I knowyounotwhence ye are; departfromme,all ye workers of iniquity.
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There shall beweepingandgnashing of teeth,when ye shall seeAbraham,andIsaac,andJacob,andall the prophets,in the kingdom of God,andyou yourselves thrustout.