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10th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 14

Luke 12:32-40

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.  Sell your possessions, and give alms.  Make purses
for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven,
where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.

"Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are
waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they
may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.  Blessed are
those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you,
he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come
and serve them.  If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn,
and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief
was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.  You also must
be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."