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1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Phar­isees to eat bread on the sab­bath day, that they watched him. 2 And, be­hold, there was a cer­tain man be­fore him which had the drop­sy. 3 And Je­sus an­swer­ing spake unto the lawyers and Phar­isees, say­ing, Is it law­ful to heal on the sab­bath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 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? 6 And they could not an­swer him again to these things. 7 And he put forth a para­ble to those which were bid­den, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; say­ing unto them, 8 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; 9 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. 10 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. 11 For whoso­ev­er ex­al­teth him­self shall be abased; and he that hum­bleth him­self shall be ex­alt­ed. 12 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. 13 But when thou mak­est a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they can­not rec­om­pense thee: for thou shalt be rec­om­pensed at 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 Then said he unto him, A cer­tain man made a great sup­per, and bade many: 17 And sent 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 piece of ground, and I must needs go 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 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. 22 And the ser­vant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast com­mand­ed, and yet there is room. 23 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. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bid­den shall taste of my sup­per. 25 And there went great mul­ti­tudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 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. 27 And whoso­ev­er doth not bear his cross, and come af­ter me, can­not be my dis­ci­ple. 28 For which of you, in­tend­ing to build a tow­er, sit­teth not down first, and coun­teth the cost, whether he have sufficient to fin­ish it? 29 Lest hap­ly, af­ter he hath laid the foun­da­tion, and is not able to fin­ish it, all that be­hold it be­gin to mock him, 30 Say­ing, This man be­gan to build, and was not able to fin­ish. 31 Or what king, go­ing to make war against an­oth­er king, sit­teth not down first, and con­sul­teth whether he be 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 de­sireth con­di­tions of peace. 33 So like­wise, whoso­ev­er he be of you that for­saketh not all that he hath, he can­not be my dis­ci­ple. 34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, where­with shall it be sea­soned? 35 It is nei­ther fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.