then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two,<n id="1" /> and assign him a place with the unfaithful.<n id="2" />

Then the Lord answered him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall,<n id="2" /> and lead it to water?<n id="3" />

Look, your house is forsaken!<n id="1" /> And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, &#8216;<b><i>Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!i>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then<n id="1" /> the manager said to himself, &#8216;What should I do, since my master is taking my position<n id="2" /> away from me? I&#8217;m not strong enough to dig,<n id="3" /> and I&#8217;m too ashamed<n id="4" /> to beg.

The<n id="1" /> master commended the dishonest<n id="2" /> manager because he acted shrewdly.<n id="3" /> For the people<n id="4" /> of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries<n id="5" /> than the people<n id="6" /> of light.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate<n id="1" /> the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise<n id="2" /> the other. You cannot serve God and money.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So<n id="1" /> the Lord replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If<n id="3" /> you had faith the size of<n id="4" /> a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry<n id="5" /> tree, &#8216;Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,&#8217;<n id="6" /> and it would obey<n id="7" /> you.p>

<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let us go over to Bethlehem<n id="2" /> and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord<n id="3" /> has made known to us.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was in one of the towns,<n id="3" /> a man came<n id="4" /> to him who was covered with<n id="5" /> leprosy.<n id="6" /> When<n id="7" /> he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground<n id="8" /> and begged him,<n id="9" /> &#8220;Lord, if<n id="10" /> you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now on<n id="1" /> one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees<n id="2" /> and teachers of the law<n id="3" /> sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem),<n id="4" /> and the power of the Lord was with him<n id="5" /> to heal.

So<n id="1" /> Jesus went with them. When<n id="2" /> he was not far from the house, the centurion<n id="3" /> sent friends to say to him, &#8220;Lord, do not trouble yourself,<n id="4" /> for I am not worthy<n id="5" /> to have you come under my roof.

<p class="bodytext">On that same occasion<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> rejoiced<n id="3" /> in the Holy Spirit and said, &#8220;I praise<n id="4" /> you, Father, Lord<n id="5" /> of heaven and earth, because<n id="6" /> you have hidden these things from the wise<n id="7" /> and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.<n id="8" />

The expert<n id="1" /> answered, &#8220;<b><i>Lovei>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mindi>b>,<n id="3" /> and <b><i>love your neighbor as yourselfi>b>.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Once<n id="1" /> the head of the house<n id="2" /> gets up<n id="3" /> and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, &#8216;Lord,<n id="4" /> let us in!&#8217;<n id="5" /> But he will answer you,<n id="6" /> &#8216;I don&#8217;t know where you come from.&#8217;<n id="7" />

So<n id="1" /> the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious<n id="2" /> and said to his slave, &#8216;Go out quickly<n id="3" /> to the streets and alleys of the city,<n id="4" /> and bring in the poor,<n id="5" /> the crippled,<n id="6" /> the blind, and the lame.&#8217;