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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.

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And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

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But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

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And they could not answer {G846} again unto these things.

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And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

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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,

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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.

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For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

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and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

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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.

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and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.

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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.

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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore {G5124} I cannot {G3756} come.

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For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have [wherewith] to complete it?

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Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

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Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith {G1722} shall it be seasoned?

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It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: [men] cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.