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“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?
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He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
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Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
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Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
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Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
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So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
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Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
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a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’
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I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
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“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
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But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.
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Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.
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and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
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And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
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But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
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I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
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You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
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That day Herod and Pilate became friends—before this they had been enemies.
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The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
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After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
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Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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You are my friends if you do what I command.
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I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
