It's nothing fancy (Luke 17:5-10)
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My grandmother was well into her 90s when I called ahead to let her know we'd be stopping to see her the next day. "I'll make lunch," she told me. I protested: that wouldn't be necessary; I didn't want her to go to the trouble. She finally acquiesced about lunch, and I hung up thinking I had won.
