Luke:14

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* And (note :)The law of the very sabbath ought not to hinder the offices of charity .(:note ) it came to pass , as he went into the house of Either one of the elders , whom they called the sanhedrin , or one of the chiefs of the synagogue : for all the Pharisees were not chief men of the synagogue ( Joh_7:48 ); for this word Pharisee was the name of a sect , though it appears by viewing the whole history of the matter that the Pharisees had much authority . one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day , that they watched him . * And beholde , there was a certaine man before him , which had the dropsie . * Then Iesus answering , spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises , saying , Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day ? * And they held their peace . Then he tooke him , and healed him , and let him goe , * And answered them , saying , Which of you shall haue an asse , or an oxe fallen into a pit , &amp ; wil not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day ? * And they could not answere him againe to those things . * * When thou shalt be bidden of any man to a wedding , set not thy selfe downe in the chiefest place , lest a more honourable man then thou , be bidden of him , * And he that bade both him &amp ; thee , come , and say to thee , Giue this man roome , and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome . * But when thou art bidden , goe and sit downe in the lowest roome , that when he that bade thee , cometh , he may say vnto thee , Friende , sit vp hier : then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee . * For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe , shall be brought lowe , and he that humbleth himselfe , shal be exalted . * * But when thou makest a feast , call ye poore , the maimed , the lame , and the blind , * And thou shalt be blessed , because they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust . * Nowe when one of them that sate at table , heard these things , he said vnto him , Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God . * Then saide he to him , A certaine man made a great supper , and bade many , * And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden , Come : for all things are nowe readie . * * And another said , I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen , and I goe to proue them : I pray thee , haue me excused . * And another said , I haue maried a wife , and therefore I can not come . * So that servant came , and shewed his lord these things . Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant , Go out quickly into the (note :)Wide and broad areas .(:note ) streets and lanes of the city , and bring in hither the poor , and the maimed , and the halt , and the blind . * And the seruaunt saide , Lorde , it is done as thou hast commaunded , and yet there is roome . * Then the master sayd to the seruaunt , Goe out into the hie wayes , and hedges , and compell them to come in , that mine house may bee filled . * For I say vnto you , that none of those men which were bidden , shall taste of my supper . * * If any [man ] come to me , and (note :)If anything stands between God and him , as Theophylact says : and therefore these words are spoken in a comparative way , and not by themselves .(:note ) 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 . * * For which of you , intending to build a tower , (note :)At home , and calculates all his costs before he begins the work .(:note ) sitteth not down first , and counteth the cost , whether he have [sufficient ] to finish [it ]? * Lest that after he hath laide the foundation , and is not able to performe it , all that behold it , begin to mocke him , * Saying , This man began to builde , and was not able to make an end ? * Or what King going to make warre against another King , sitteth not downe first , and taketh counsell , whether he be able with ten thousande , to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand ? * Or els while hee is yet a great way off , hee sendeth an ambassage , and desireth peace . * So likewise , whosoeuer hee be of you , that forsaketh not all that he hath , he cannot be my disciple . * * It is neither meete for the land , nor yet for the dunghill , but men cast it out . He that hath eares to heare , let him heare .

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