²⁰ Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s ^(A)birthday, that he ^(B)made a feast for all his servants; and he ^(C)lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

⁶ But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.

^19 (A)Within three days Pharaoh will lift ^[a]off your head from you and ^(B)hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

¹³ Now within three days Pharaoh will ^(A)lift up your head and restore you to your ^[a]place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.

^21 (A)Then an opportune day came when Herod ^(B)on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison^(A)

^27 (B)Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that ^[a]Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, ^(C)released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.

The Parable of the Unjust Steward

16 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was ^[a]wasting his goods. ² So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an ^(A)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’

¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

²³ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded ^(A)that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.

Job Deplores His Birth

3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.