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14:1 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.
14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
14:4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
14:5 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?
14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose
out the chief rooms; saying unto them.
14:8 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;
14:9 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.
14:10 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.
14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
14:12 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.
14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind:
14:14 And thou shalt be
blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the
resurrection of the just.
14:15 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.
14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and
bade many:
14:17 And sent his
servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 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.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to
prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I
cannot come.
14:21 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.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,
and yet there is room.
14:23 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.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden
shall taste of my supper.
14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
14:26 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.
14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me,
cannot be my disciple.
14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able
to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
14:30 Saying, This man
began to build, and was not able to finish.
14:31 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?
14:32 Or else, while the
other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all
that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be seasoned?
14:35 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.
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