| 1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the
rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching
him. 2 And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? 4 But they held their peace. And he
took him, and healed him, and let him go. 5 And he said unto them, Which
of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not
straightway draw him up on a sabbath day? 6 And they could not answer
again unto these things. 7 And he spake a parable unto those that were
bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
8 When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the
chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
9 and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man
place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that
when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up
higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat
with thee. 11 For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 12 And he said to him also that
had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends,
nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also
bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. 13 But when thou makest a
feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 and thou shalt be
blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou
shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. 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. 16 But he said unto him,
A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many: 17 and he sent forth
his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for
all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I
must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another
said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee
have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore
I cannot come. 21 And the servant came, and told 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
maimed and blind and lame. 22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst
command is done, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said unto the
servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to
come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, that none of
those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper. 25 Now there went
with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any
man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be
my disciple. 27 Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me,
cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower,
doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith
to complete it? 29 Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not
able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, 30 saying, This man
began to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, as he goeth
to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel
whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with
twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he
sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace. 33 So therefore
whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple. 34 Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its
savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35 It is fit neither for the land
nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear.
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