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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 294, 21 October 2025   
      
   1) Luke 14:25-35, Luke 15, Luke 16, Luke 17:1-10, John 11:1-37   
      
   Luke 14:25-35   
      
   The Cost of Discipleship   
   Mt 10:37-38   
      
   25 Large crowds went with Him. And He turned and said to them,   
   26 (Mt 10:37; Jn 12:25) "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate   
   his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes,   
   and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.   
   27 (Mt 10:38; Jn 19:17) And whoever does not bear his cross   
   and follow Me cannot be My disciple.   
   28 (Pr 24:27) "For who among you, intending to build a tower,   
   does not sit down first and count the cost to see whether   
   he has resources to complete it?   
   29 Otherwise, perhaps, after he has laid the foundation   
   and is not able to complete it, all who see it will begin to mock him,   
   30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to complete it.'   
   31 (Pr 20:18) "Or what king, going to wage war against another king,   
   does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able   
   with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?   
   32 Otherwise, while the other is yet at a distance, he sends a delegation   
   and requests conditions of peace.   
   33 (Lk 14:26; Php 3:7-8) So likewise, any of you who does not forsake   
   all that he has cannot be My disciple.   
      
   [25] And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto   
   them,   
   [26] If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife,   
   and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he   
   cannot be my disciple.   
   [27] And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my   
   disciple.   
   [28] For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,   
   and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?   
   [29] Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to   
   finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,   
   [30] Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.   
   [31] Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down   
   first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that   
   cometh against him with twenty thousand?   
   [32] Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an   
   ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.   
   [33] So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he   
   hath, he cannot be my disciple.   
      
   Tasteless Salt   
   Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50   
      
   34 (Mt 5:13) "Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness,   
   how shall it be made salty?   
   35 (Mt 11:15) It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile.   
   So men throw it out.   
   "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."   
      
   [34] Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it   
   be seasoned?   
   [35] It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast   
   it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   Luke 15   
      
   The Parable of the Lost Sheep   
   Mt 18:12-14   
      
   1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.   
   2 (Mt 9:11; Lk 5:30) But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying,   
   "This Man receives sinners and eats with them."   
   3 So He told them this parable, saying,   
   4 (Eze 34:11-12; 34:16) "What man among you having a hundred sheep   
   and losing one of them does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness   
   and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?   
   5 And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.   
   6 (1Pe 2:25) Then when he comes home, he calls together his friends   
   and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me,   
   for I have found my sheep which was lost.'   
   7 (Lk 5:32) Likewise, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over   
   one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous men who need   
   no repentance.   
      
   [1] Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.   
   [2] And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth   
   sinners, and eateth with them.   
   [3] And he spake this parable unto them, saying,   
   [4] What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth   
   not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is   
   lost, until he find it?   
   [5] And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.   
   [6] And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours,   
   saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.   
   [7] I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner   
   that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no   
   repentance.   
      
   The Parable of the Lost Coin   
      
   8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins   
   (Gk. drachmas, each worth about a day's wage.)   
   and losing one, does not light a candle and sweep the house   
   and search diligently until she finds it?   
   9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,   
   saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'   
   10 (Heb 1:14) Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence   
   of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."   
      
   [8] Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,   
   doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she   
   find it?   
   [9] And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours   
   together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had   
   lost.   
   [10] Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of   
   God over one sinner that repenteth.   
      
   The Parable of the Prodigal Son   
      
   11 Then He said, "A man had two sons.   
   12 (Mk 12:44; Lk 15:30) The younger of them said to his father,   
   'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.'   
   So he divided his estate between them.   
   13 (Lk 15:30; 16:1) "Not many days later, the younger son gathered   
   everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there   
   squandered his possessions in prodigal living.   
   14 When he had spent everything, there came a severe famine in that country,   
   and he began to be in want.   
   15 So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that county,   
   who sent him into his fields to feed swine.   
   16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks   
   that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.   
   17 "When he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired   
   servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!   
   18 (Lk 15:21; 18:13) I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,   
   "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.   
   19 (Lk 7:6-7) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.   
   Make me like one of your hired servants." '   
   20 (Ac 20:37; Ge 45:14) So he arose and came to his father.   
   "But while he was yet far away, his father saw him   
   and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.   
   21 (Ps 51:4; Lk 15:18-19) "The son said to him,   
      
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