Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."

And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.

On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. "I give Thee fervent thanks," He exclaimed, "O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

"The one who showed him pity," he replied. "Go," said Jesus, "and act in the same way."

I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.

"I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."

The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.

And in the same town was a widow who repeatedly came and entreated him, saying, "'Give me justice and stop my oppressor.'

and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.

"But now," said He, "let the one who has a purse take it, and he who has a bag must do the same. And let him who has no sword sell his outer garment and buy one.

But the other, answering, reproved him. "Do you also not fear God," he said, "when you are actually suffering the same punishment?

On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,