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... Master of the " household of faith " has himself told us what the duty of the spiritual steward is - viz . " to give to every one of his fellow - servants his portion of meat in due season . " The great household , over which he has ...
... Master of the " household of faith " has himself told us what the duty of the spiritual steward is - viz . " to give to every one of his fellow - servants his portion of meat in due season . " The great household , over which he has ...
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... masters , and when asked , " why have ye not brought him ? " replied , " never man spake like this man , " they only said the simple truth ; and we can repeat the words of the Centu- rion , when he stood by the cross of this DROPS FROM ...
... masters , and when asked , " why have ye not brought him ? " replied , " never man spake like this man , " they only said the simple truth ; and we can repeat the words of the Centu- rion , when he stood by the cross of this DROPS FROM ...
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... master ; and in both , is condemned by his master , from his own words , and out of hist own mouth . The chief difference between the two Parables is in the sum of money , which the master lends to his servants . Both Parables seem ...
... master ; and in both , is condemned by his master , from his own words , and out of hist own mouth . The chief difference between the two Parables is in the sum of money , which the master lends to his servants . Both Parables seem ...
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... master's new kingdom - the other , over five . How vast a reward . " They had been faithful , " as their master said , ( verse 17. ) in a very little , " in the use of a simple pound : and now they were made rulers , and even kings ...
... master's new kingdom - the other , over five . How vast a reward . " They had been faithful , " as their master said , ( verse 17. ) in a very little , " in the use of a simple pound : and now they were made rulers , and even kings ...
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... master had lent him the money , with which he would be able to trade , and therefore had laid it down ; was it hard then to expect that this servant should trade with and increase it ? -and if he expected that it should be increased at ...
... master had lent him the money , with which he would be able to trade , and therefore had laid it down ; was it hard then to expect that this servant should trade with and increase it ? -and if he expected that it should be increased at ...
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Page 19 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 68 - And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Page 24 - And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Page 19 - And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Page 78 - And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 34 - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Page 62 - He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Page 33 - But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut.
Page 56 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 20 - For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.