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The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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"Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, "Come here at once and take your place at the table'?
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Would you not rather say to him, "Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'?
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Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded?
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So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!' "
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On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.
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As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance,
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they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
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When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean.
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Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.
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He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.
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Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?
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Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
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Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."
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Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed;
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nor will they say, "Look, here it is!' or "There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you."
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Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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They will say to you, "Look there!' or "Look here!' Do not go, do not set off in pursuit.
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For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.