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Jesus Heals a Man with Dropsy

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, [who was] of the Pharisees, to eat bread on [the] sabbath, that *they* were watching him.

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Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.

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And behold, there was a certain dropsical [man] before him.

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And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

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And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

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And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

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But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

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But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

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And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

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And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

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And they were not able to answer him to these things.

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And they could make no reply to this.

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The Parable of the Guests

And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

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Parable of the Guests

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

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When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

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“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

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and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this [man], and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.

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and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

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But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

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“But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

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for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

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“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

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And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

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But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

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“But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

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and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just.

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and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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The Parable of the Banquet

And one of those that were lying at table with [them], hearing these things, said to him, Blessed [is] he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

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And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

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Parable of the Dinner

But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

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And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

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and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

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And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

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“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider 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 hold me for excused.

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“Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’

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And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

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“Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

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And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

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“And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

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“And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

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And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

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“And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

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for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

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‘For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’”

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The Cost of Following Jesus

And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,

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Discipleship Tested

Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

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If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

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“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

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and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

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“Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

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For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;

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“For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

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in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

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“Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

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saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

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saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

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Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

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“Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

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“Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

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Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

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“So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

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Good Salt

Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

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“Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

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It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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“It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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