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give us grace today to listen, particularly when we need to hear difficult messages.35 ‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
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give us grace today to respect Jesus37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
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38 ‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 ‘Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41 ‘He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,’ they replied,…Heavenly father
give us grace to seek first your kingdom and bear its fruit today42 Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures:
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‘“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes”?
43 ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed…Heavenly father
give us grace today to celebrate the kingdom of heaven1 Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
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2 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
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give us grace to accept your invitation to heaven today4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner.
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My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5 …Heavenly father
give us grace today to look out for those who are socially excluded8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.
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9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’…Heavenly father
give us grace today to full participate in the kingdom of heaven11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
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12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was…Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek after truth, rather than scoring points or making points15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
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16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
“Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach; for you aren’t…Heavenly father
give us grace today to have are priorities in the right order17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
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18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
19 …Heavenly father
give us grace today to know the power of the resurrection23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 24 saying, “Teacher,
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Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
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