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For all the pagan nations in the world set their hearts on these things. Your Father knows that you need them too.
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Rather, seek his Kingdom; and these things will be given to you as well.
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Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has resolved to give you the Kingdom!
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Sell what you own and do tzedakah -- make for yourselves purses that don't wear out, riches in heaven that never fail, where no burglar comes near, where no moth destroys.
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For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also.
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"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit,
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like people waiting for their master's return after a wedding feast; so that when he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him without delay.
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Happy the slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes! Yes! I tell you he will put on his work clothes, seat them at the table, and come serve them himself!
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Whether it is late at night or early in the morning, if this is how he finds them, those slaves are happy.
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"But notice this: no house-owner would let his house be broken into if he knew when the thief was coming.
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You too, be ready! For the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him."