As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began,

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And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.

So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.