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Luke - ch 14 v 1 - 20
- 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.
- And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.
- And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?
- But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.
- 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?
- And they could not answer again unto these things.
- And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- 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.
- But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not `wherewith' to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
- 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.
- But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:
- and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for `all' things are now ready.
- 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.
- And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.
- And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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