And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

Are they servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.

Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;