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Fearnot,littleflock;for it isyourFather's good pleasure to giveyou the kingdom.
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Sell that yehave , andgivealms;provideyourselvesbags which waxnotold , a treasurein the heavens that faileth not,wherenothiefapproacheth , neithermothcorrupteth .
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Letyourloinsbe girded about , and your lightsburning ;
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And ye yourselveslike unto men that wait for theirlord,when he will returnfrom the wedding;that when he comethandknocketh , they may open unto himimmediately.
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Blessed are thoseservants,whom the lord when he cometh shall findwatching : verily I say unto you,that he shall gird himself , andmakethem to sit down to meat , and will come forth and servethem.
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Andif he shall comein the secondwatch,orcomein the thirdwatch,andfind them so,blessedarethoseservants.
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Andthisknow , thatif the goodman of the house had knownwhathour the thief would come* , he would have watched , and*not have sufferedhishouse to be broken through .
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Beyethereforereadyalso:fortheSon of mancometh at an hour when ye thinknot.
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And the Lordsaid , Whothenis that faithfulandwisesteward,whom his lord shall make ruleroverhishousehold, to give them their portion of meatin due season?