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And He began tellingthisparable: "A manhad a figtree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he camelooking for fruit on it and did not find any.
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"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for threeyears I have comelooking for fruit on thisfigtreewithout*finding any. Cut it down! Why does it evenuse up the ground?'
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But the synagogueofficial, indignantbecauseJesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are sixdays in whichworkshould be done; socomeduring them and gethealed, and not on the Sabbathday."
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But the Lordanswered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbathuntie his oxor his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
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"And thiswoman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whomSatan has bound for eighteen*longyears, should she not have been released from thisbond on the Sabbathday?"
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"It is like a mustardseed, which a mantook and threw into his owngarden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIRNESTED IN ITS BRANCHES."
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"Once* the head of the housegets up and shuts the door, and you begin to standoutside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not knowwhere you are from.'
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"In that placethere will be weeping and gnashing of teethwhen you seeAbraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stonesthosesent to her! Howoften I wanted to gather your childrentogether, just* as a hen gathers her broodunder her wings, and you would not have it!
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"Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comeswhen you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "