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21 And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde. 22 And the seruaunt sayde: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme. 23 And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled. 24 For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper. 25 There went a great companie with hym: and he returned, and sayde vnto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his owne lyfe also, he can not be my disciple. 27 And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, can not be my disciple. 28 For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it? 29 Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym, 30 Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende? 31 Or what kyng, goyng to make battell against another kyng, sitteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete hym, that commeth agaynst hym with twentie thousande? 32 Or els, whyle the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth an imbassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can not be my disciple. 34 Salt is good, but if ye salt haue lost the saltnes, what shalbe seasoned therwith? 35 It is neither good for the lande, nor yet for the doung hyll: but men cast it out at the doores. He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare. Luke 14:21-35, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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