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32 “Don't be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights in giving you the kingdom.
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"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves wallets that don't wear out—a treasure in heaven that never runs out. No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys.
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Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
34 Where your treasure is, there your heart will be too.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 "Be dressed for service and keep your lamps lit.
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"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;
36 Be like people waiting for their master to come home from a wedding celebration, who can immediately open the door for him when he arrives and knocks on the door.
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be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.
37 Happy are those servants whom the master finds waiting up when he arrives. I assure you that, when he arrives, he will dress himself to serve, seat them at the table as honored guests, and wait on them.
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Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.
38 Happy are those whom he finds alert, even if he comes at midnight or just before dawn.
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If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 But know this, if the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he wouldn't have allowed his home to be broken into.
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"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40 You also must be ready, because the Human One is coming at a time when you don't expect him."
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You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."
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