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-\v 8 "The gardener answered and said, 'Leave it alone this year while I dig around it and put manure on it.
+\v 8 "The gardener answered and said, 'Sir, leave it alone this year while I dig around it and put manure on it.
 \v 9 If it bears fruit next year, good; but if it does not, cut it down!'"
 
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 \v 23 Someone said to him, "Lord, are only a few people to be saved?" 
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-\v 24 "Struggle to enter through the narrow door, because, I say to you, many will want to enter, but will not be able to enter.
+\v 24 "Struggle to enter through the narrow door, because, I say to you, many will try to enter, but will not be able to enter.
 
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 \v 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and locks the door, then you will stand outside and pound the door and say, 'Lord, Lord, let us in.' 
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 \v 26 "Then you will say, 'We ate and drank in front of you and you taught in our streets.'
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-\v 27 "But he will reply, 'I say to you, I do not know where you are from. Get away from me, you evildoers!'
+\v 27 "But he will reply, 'I say to you, I do not know where you are from. Get away from me, you who commit iniquity!'
 
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 \v 28 There will be crying and the grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God's kingdom, but you are thrown out.
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-\v 31 Shortly after, some Pharisees came and said to him, "Go and leave here because Herod wants to kill you."
+\v 31 In that same hour, some Pharisees came and said to him, "Go and leave here because Herod wants to kill you."
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 \v 32 Jesus said, "Go and tell that fox, 'Look, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and the third day I will reach my goal.'
-\v 33 In any case, it is necessary for me to continue on today, tomorrow, and the following day since it is not acceptable to kill a prophet away from Jerusalem.
+\v 33 In any case, it is necessary for me to continue on today, tomorrow, and the following day, since it is not acceptable for a prophet to be destroyed outside of Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to you. How often I desired to gather your children the way a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you did not desire this.
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 \v 15 When one of them who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"
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 \v 16 But Jesus said to him, "A certain man prepared a large dinner and invited many.
-\v 17 When the dinner was prepared, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'
+\v 17 At the dinner hour, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'
 
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 \v 31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take advice about whether he is able with ten thousand men to fight the other king who comes against him with twenty thousand men?
 \v 32 If not, while the other army is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for conditions of peace.
-\v 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
+\v 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
 
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 \v 34 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again?
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 \v 16 He would gladly have eaten the carob pods that the pigs ate because no one gave him anything.
 
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-\v 17 But when the young son came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough food, and I am here, dying from hunger!
-\v 18 I will leave here and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
+\v 17 But when the young son came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, and I am here, perishing from hunger!
+\v 18 I will get up and leave here and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
 \v 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants."'
 
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-\v 20 So the young son left and came toward his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and embraced him and kissed him.
+\v 20 So the young son got up and left and came toward his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and embraced him and kissed him.
 \v 21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
 
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 \v 22 "The father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet.
-\v 23 Then bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast!
-\v 24 For my son was dead, and now he is alive. He was lost, and now he is found.' Then they began to celebrate.
+\v 23 Then bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and be merry!
+\v 24 For my son was dead, and now he is alive. He was lost, and now he is found.' Then they began to be merry.
 
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 \v 25 "Now his older son was out in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
 \v 26 He called to one of the servants and asked what these things might be.
-\v 27 The servant said to him, 'Your brother has come home and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has returned safely.'
+\v 27 The servant said to him, 'Your brother has come home and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him healthy.'
 
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-\v 28 "The older son was angry and would not go in, and his father came out and begged him.
-\v 29 But the older son answered and said to his father, 'Look, these many years I slaved for you, and I never broke a rule of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends,
+\v 28 "The older son was angry and would not go in, and his father came out and pleaded with him.
+\v 29 But the older son answered and said to his father, 'Look, these many years I slaved for you, and I never neglected a command of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat that I might be merry with my friends,
 \v 30 but when your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed for him the fattened calf.'
 
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-\v 31 "The father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
-\v 32 But it was proper for us to feast and be happy, for this brother of yours was dead, and is now alive; he was lost, and has now been found.'"
+\v 31 "The father said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
+\v 32 But it was proper for us to be merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead, and is now alive; he was lost, and has now been found.'"
 
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