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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
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