Luke:14
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And it came to pass ,
as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day ,
that they watched him .
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And ,
behold ,
there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy .
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And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees ,
saying ,
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day ?
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And they held their peace .
And he took him ,
and healed him ,
and let him go ;
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And answered them ,
saying ,
Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit ,
and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day ?
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And they could not answer him again to these things .
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And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden ,
when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ;
saying unto them ,
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When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding ,
sit not down in the highest room ;
lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ;
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And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee ,
Give this man place ;
and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room .
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But when thou art bidden ,
go and sit down in the lowest room ;
that when he that bade thee cometh ,
he may say unto thee ,
Friend ,
go up higher :
then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee .
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For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ;
and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted .
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Then said he also to him that bade him ,
When thou makest a dinner or a supper ,
call not thy friends ,
nor thy brethren ,
neither thy kinsmen ,
nor thy rich neighbours ;
lest they also bid thee again ,
and a recompence be made thee .
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But when thou makest a feast ,
call the poor ,
the maimed ,
the lame ,
the blind :
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And thou shalt be blessed ;
for they cannot recompense thee :
for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just .
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And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things ,
he said unto him ,
Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God .
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Then said he unto him ,
A certain man made a great supper ,
and bade many :
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And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden ,
Come ;
for all things are now ready .
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And they all with one consent began to make excuse .
The first said unto him ,
I have bought a piece of ground ,
and I must needs go and see it :
I pray thee have me excused .
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And another said ,
I have bought five yoke of oxen ,
and I go to prove them :
I pray thee have me excused .
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And another said ,
I have married a wife ,
and therefore I cannot come .
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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 streets and lanes of the city ,
and bring in hither the poor ,
and the maimed ,
and the halt ,
and the blind .
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And the servant said ,
Lord ,
it is done as thou hast commanded ,
and yet there is room .
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And the lord said unto the servant ,
Go out into the highways and hedges ,
and compel them to come in ,
that my house may be filled .
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For I say unto you ,
That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper .
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And there went great multitudes with him :
and he turned ,
and said unto them ,
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If any man come to me ,
and 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 .
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And whosoever doth not bear his cross ,
and come after me ,
cannot be my disciple .
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For which of you ,
intending to build a tower ,
sitteth not down first ,
and counteth the cost ,
whether he have sufficient to finish it ?
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Lest haply ,
after he hath laid the foundation ,
and is not able to finish it ,
all that behold it begin to mock him ,
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Saying ,
This man began to build ,
and was not able to finish .
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Or what king ,
going to make war against another king ,
sitteth not down first ,
and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand ?
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Or else ,
while the other is yet a great way off ,
he sendeth an ambassage ,
and desireth conditions of peace .
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So likewise ,
whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath ,
he cannot be my disciple .
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Salt is good :
but if the salt have lost his savour ,
wherewith shall it be seasoned ?
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It is neither fit for the land ,
nor yet for the dunghill ;
but men cast it out .
He that hath ears to hear ,
let him hear .