FD issues chapters 16-17

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 \v 2 So he called the manager to come to him and said to him, 'What you have been doing is terrible! Give me a final written report of what you have been managing, because you may no longer be my household manager!'
 
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 \v 3 Then the manager said to himself, 'My master is going to dismiss me from being his manager, so I have to think of what to do. I am not strong enough to work by digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg for money.
 \v 4 I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses and provide for me after I am dismissed from my management work!'
 
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 \v 5 So one by one he asked everyone who owed his master money to come to him. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'
-\v 6 The man replied, '3,000 liters of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down, and quickly change it to 1,500 liters!'
-\v 7 He said to another man, 'How much do you owe?' The man replied, 'A thousand baskets of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill and change it to eight hundred baskets!'
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+\v 6 The man replied, '3,000 liters of olive oil.' 
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+The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down, and quickly change it to 1,500 liters!'
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+\v 7 He said to another man, 'How much do you owe?' 
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+The man replied, 'A thousand baskets of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill and change it to eight hundred baskets!'
 
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 \v 8 When the master heard what his manager had done, he praised the dishonest manager for being so shrewd. The truth is, the people who belong to this world are wiser than the people who belong to God in how they relate to the people around them.
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-\v 16 The laws that God gave Moses and what the prophets wrote were proclaimed until John the Baptizer came. Since then I have been preaching that God will soon show himself as king. Many people are accepting that message and are very eagerly asking God to rule their lives.
+\v 16 "The laws that God gave Moses and what the prophets wrote were proclaimed until John the Baptizer came. Since then I have been preaching that God will soon show himself as king. Many people are accepting that message and are very eagerly asking God to rule their lives.
 \v 17 All of God's laws, even those that seem insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
 
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-\v 18 Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, and any man who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband is also committing adultery."
+\v 18 "Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, and any man who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband is also committing adultery."
 
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 \v 24 So the rich man shouted, 'Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So please pity me, and send Lazarus here so that he can dip his finger in water and touch my tongue to cool it!'
 
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 \v 25 But Abraham replied, 'Child, remember that while you were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now he is happy here, and you are suffering.
 \v 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to where you are are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.'
 
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 \v 27 Then the rich man said, 'If that is so, Father Abraham, I ask you to send Lazarus to my father's house.
 \v 28 I have five brothers who live there. Tell him to warn them so that they do not also come to this place, where we suffer great pain!'
 
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 \v 29 But Abraham replied, 'No, I will not do that, because your brothers have what Moses and the prophets wrote long ago. They should obey what they wrote!'
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 \v 30 But the rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham, that will not be enough! But if someone from those who have died goes back to them and warns them, they will turn from their sinful behavior.'
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 \v 31 Abraham said to him, 'No! If they do not listen to what Moses and the prophets wrote, even if someone would rise from among the dead and go warn them, they would still not be convinced that they should turn from their sinful behavior.'"
 
 
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 \v 1 Jesus said to his disciples, "Things that tempt people to sin will certainly happen, but how terrible it will be for anyone who causes those things to happen!
-\v 2 It would be better for that person if someone fastened a huge stone around his neck and threw him into the sea, than if he were to cause to sin someone who is weak in his faith.
+\v 2 It would be better for that person if someone fastened a huge stone around his neck and threw him into the sea than if he were to cause to sin someone who is weak in his faith.
 
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 \v 3 Be careful how you act. If one of your brothers sins, you should rebuke him. If he says that he is sorry for having sinned and asks you to forgive him, then you should forgive him.
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 \v 5 Then the apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"
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 \v 6 The Lord replied, "Even if you had faith that was no bigger than this tiny mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Pull yourself with your roots out of the ground and plant yourself in the sea' and it would obey you!"
 
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 \v 11 As Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road to Jerusalem, they were going through the area between the regions of Samaria and Galilee.
-\v 12 As Jesus entered a village, ten lepers came toward him, but stood at some distance away.
+\v 12 As Jesus entered a village, ten lepers came toward him but stood at some distance away.
 \v 13 They called out, "Jesus, Master, please have pity on us!"
 
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 \v 14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." So they went, and as they were going, they were healed.
 \v 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly.
 \v 16 He came to Jesus and he lay down on the ground with his face at Jesus' feet, and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
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 \v 35-36 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left behind."
 
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-\v 37 His disciples said to him, "Lord, where will this happen?" He replied to them, "Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it." 
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+\v 37 His disciples said to him, "Lord, where will this happen?" 
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+He replied to them, "Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it." 
 
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