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required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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So
is
he that layeth
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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And he said unto his disciples,
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what
ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
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The life is more than meat, and the body
is more
than raiment.
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Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have
storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
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And
which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
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If ye then be not able to do
that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
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Consider the lilies how they grow:
they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
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If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is
cast into the oven; how much more
will he clothe
you, O ye of little faith?
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And seek not ye what
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
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For all these things do the
nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
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But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Sell that ye have,
and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth
not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
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For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also.
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Let your loins be girded about, and
your
lights burning;
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And ye yourselves
like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh
and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
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Blessed
are
those servants, whom the lord
when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
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And if he shall come in the second
watch, or come in the third watch, and find
them
so, blessed are those servants.
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And this know,
that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched,
and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
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Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son
of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
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Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
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And the
Lord said,
Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom
his
lord shall make ruler over his
household, to give
them their
portion of meat in due season?
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Blessed
is
that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler
over all that he hath.
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But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
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The
lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for
him,
and at an hour when he is not
aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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And
that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not
himself,
neither did according to his will,
shall be beaten with many
stripes.
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But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes,
shall be beaten with few
stripes.
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required:
and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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