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Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
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For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
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He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.
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But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
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And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading,
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And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
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And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
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And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
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And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.