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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Right there before Him was a man with dropsy. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?” |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And they were unable to answer these questions. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’ |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’ |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’ |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’ ” |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’ |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” |
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