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And it came to pass ,
when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread ,
that they were watching him .
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And lo !
there was a certain man before him ,
who had the dropsy .
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And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees ,
saying ,
Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath ,
or not ?
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But they were silent .
And taking hold of him ,
he cured him ,
and sent him away .
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And he answered them and said ,
Who is there of you ,
who ,
if his son or his ox fall into a pit ,
will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath
day ?
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And they could make no answer to this .
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And he spoke a parable to those who were invited ,
when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table ,
saying to them ,
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When thou art invited by any one to a wedding ,
do not take the highest place ,
lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him ;
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and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee ,
Give place to this man ;
and then thou wilt begin with shame to take the lowest place .
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But when thou art invited ,
go and recline in the lowest place ,
that when he who invited thee cometh ,
he may say to thee ,
Friend ,
go up higher .
Then wilt thou have honor in the presence of all who are at table with thee .
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For every one that exalteth himself will be humbled ;
and he that humbleth himself will be exalted .
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And he said also to him who invited him ,
When thou makest a dinner or a supper ,
do not invite thy friends ,
nor thy brothers ,
nor thy kinsmen ,
nor rich neighbors ;
lest they too invite thee in return ,
and a recompense 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 ,
because they cannot recompense thee ;
but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous .