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Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments and teach men so, shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and each them, he shall be great in the kingdom of heaven.

For each one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened.

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

They answered him, "He will bring terrible destruction on those evil men and will lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will deliver the crops to him each harvest time."

Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.

"For the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who planned to go on a trip to a distant country, so called his servants and entrusted to each of them a large sum of money [Note: The narrative that follows suggests that the man was turning over some of his assets to financial managers to invest for him].

Now after a long time the master of these servants returned [from his trip] and proceeded to go over his accounts with each of them.

Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd--the one whom they wanted.