<vn='1'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, as <sn="846">he</s><sn="2064">went</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="5100">one</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="758">chief</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s> to <sn="5315">eat</s><sn="740">bread</s> on the sabbath <sn="4521">day</s>, <sn="2532">that</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="2258 3906">watched</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, there <sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="1715">before</s><sn="846">him</s> which had the <sn="5203">dropsy</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="611">answering</s><sn="2036">spake</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3544">lawyers</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s>, <sn="3004 *1487">saying</s>, Is it <sn="1832">lawful</s> to <sn="2323">heal</s> on <sn="3588">the</s> sabbath <sn="4521">day</s>? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">they</s> held their <sn="2270">peace</s>. <sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="1949">took</s> him, and <sn="2390">healed</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> let him <sn="630">go</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2036">saying</s>, <sn="5101">Which</s> of <sn="5216">you</s> shall have an <sn="3688">ass</s><sn="2228">or</s> an <sn="1016">ox</s><sn="1706">fallen</s><sn="1519">into</s> a <sn="5421">pit</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> pull him <sn="385 846">out</s><sn="1722">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4521">sabbath</s><sn="2250">day</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2480">could</s><sn="3756">not</s> answer him <sn="470 846">again</s><sn="4314">to</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s> he put <sn="3004">forth</s> a <sn="3850">parable</s><sn="4314">to</s> those which were <sn="2564">bidden</s>, when he <sn="1907">marked</s><sn="4459">how</s> they chose <sn="1586">out</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="4411">rooms</s>; <sn="3004">saying</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3752">When</s> thou art <sn="2564">bidden</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="5100">any</s><i> man </i><sn="1519">to</s> a <sn="1062">wedding</s>, sit not <sn="2625 3361">down</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s> highest <sn="4411">room</s>; <sn="3379">lest</s> a more honorable <sn="1784">man</s> than <sn="4675">thou</s><sn="5600">be</s><sn="2564">bidden</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="846">him</s>; </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> he that <sn="2564">bade</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2064">come</s> and <sn="2046">say</s> to <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="1325">Give</s> this <sn="5129">man</s><sn="5117">place</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*5119">thou</s><sn="756">begin</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="152">shame</s> to <sn="2722">take</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2078">lowest</s><sn="5117">room</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="235">But</s><sn="3752">when</s> thou art <sn="2564">bidden</s>, <sn="4198">go</s> and sit <sn="377">down</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2078">lowest</s><sn="5117">room</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3752">when</s> he <sn="2564">bade</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="2064">cometh</s>, he may <sn="2036">say</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="5384">Friend</s>, go <sn="4320">up</s><sn="511">higher</s>: <sn="5119">then</s> shalt <sn="4671">thou</s><sn="2071">have</s><sn="1391">worship</s> in the <sn="1799">presence</s> of them that sit at meat <sn="4873">with</s><sn="4671">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="5312">exalteth</s><sn="1438">himself</s> shall be <sn="5013">abased</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he that <sn="5013">humbleth</s><sn="1438">himself</s> shall be <sn="5312">exalted</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3004">said</s> he <sn="2532">also</s> to him that <sn="2564">bade</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3752">When</s> thou <sn="4160">makest</s> a <sn="712">dinner</s><sn="2228">or</s> a <sn="1173">supper</s>, <sn="5455">call</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="5384">friends</s>, <sn="3366">nor</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4773">kinsmen</s>, <sn="3366">nor</s><i> thy </i><sn="4145">rich</s><sn="1069">neighbors</s>; <sn="3379">lest</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="2532">also</s> bid thee <sn="479 4571">again</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="468">recompense</s> be <sn="1096">made</s><sn="4671">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="235">But</s><sn="3752">when</s> thou <sn="4160">makest</s> a <sn="1403">feast</s>, <sn="2564">call</s> the <sn="4434">poor</s>, the <sn="376">maimed</s>, the <sn="5560">lame</s>, the <sn="5185">blind</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s> thou shalt <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3107">blessed</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> they <sn="2192 3756">cannot</s><sn="467">recompense</s><sn="4671">thee</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="4671">thou</s> shalt be <sn="467">recompensed</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="386">resurrection</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1342">just</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="5100">one</s> of them that sat at meat <sn="4873">with</s> him <sn="191">heard</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>, he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3107">Blessed</s> is <sn="3739">he</s> that shall <sn="5315">eat</s><sn="740">bread</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="3588">he</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, A <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="4160">made</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="1173">supper</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2564">bade</s><sn="4183">many</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1401">servant</s> at <sn="1173">supper</s><sn="5610">time</s> to <sn="2036">say</s> to them that were <sn="2564">bidden</s>, <sn="2064">Come</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="2076">are</s><sn="2235">now</s><sn="2092">ready</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="3956">all</s><sn="575">with</s><sn="3391">one</s><i> consent </i><sn="756">began</s> to make <sn="3868">excuse</s>. <sn="3588">The</s><sn="4413">first</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, I have <sn="59">bought</s> a piece of <sn="68">ground</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I <sn="2192">must</s><sn="318">needs</s><sn="1831">go</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="846">it</s>: I <sn="2065">pray</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="3868">excused</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="2036">said</s>, I have <sn="59">bought</s><sn="4002">five</s><sn="2201">yoke</s> of <sn="1016">oxen</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I <sn="4198">go</s> to <sn="1381">prove</s><sn="846">them</s>: I <sn="2065">pray</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="3868">excused</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="2036">said</s>, I have <sn="1060">married</s> a <sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1223 5124">therefore</s> I <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="2064">come</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">So</s><sn="1565">that</s><sn="1401">servant</s><sn="3854">came</s>, and <sn="518">showed</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2962">lord</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>. <sn="5119">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s> master of the <sn="3617">house</s> being <sn="3710">angry</s><sn="2036">said</s> to <sn="848">his</s><sn="1401">servant</s>, Go <sn="1831">out</s><sn="5030">quickly</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4113">streets</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4505">lanes</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4172">city</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> bring <sn="1521">in</s><sn="5602">hither</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4434">poor</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="376">maimed</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="5560">halt</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="5185">blind</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1401">servant</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, it is <sn="1096">done</s><sn="5613">as</s> thou hast <sn="2004">commanded</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2089">yet</s> there <sn="2076">is</s><sn="5117">room</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">lord</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1401">servant</s>, Go <sn="1831">out</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">highways</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5418">hedges</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="315">compel</s><i> them </i> to come <sn="1525">in</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3624">house</s> may be <sn="1072">filled</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3754">That</s><sn="3762">none</s> of <sn="1565">those</s><sn="435">men</s> which were <sn="2564">bidden</s> shall <sn="1089">taste</s> of <sn="3450">my</s><sn="1173">supper</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s> there went great multitudes <sn="4848 4183 3793">with</s><sn="846">him</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="4762">turned</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, </v>
<vn='26'> If <sn="1536">any</s><i> man </i><sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3404">hate</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1438">his</s><sn="3962">father</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3384">mother</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5043">children</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="79">sisters</s>, <sn="*2089">yea</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> his <sn="1438">own</s><sn="5590">life</s><sn="2532">also</s>, he <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="1511">be</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3101">disciple</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5101">which</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="2309">intending</s> to <sn="3618">build</s> a <sn="4444">tower</s>, sitteth not <sn="2523 3780">down</s><sn="4412">first</s>, and <sn="5585">counteth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1160">cost</s>, <sn="1487">whether</s> he <sn="2192">have</s><i> sufficient </i> to <sn="4314 535">finish</s><i> it </i>? </v>
<vn='29'> Lest <sn="3379">haply</s>, <sn="*2443">after</s><sn="846">he</s> hath <sn="5087">laid</s> the <sn="2310">foundation</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> is not <sn="2480 3361">able</s> to <sn="1615">finish</s><i> it, </i><sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="2334">behold</s><i> it </i><sn="756">begin</s> to <sn="1702">mock</s><sn="846">him</s>, </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3004">Saying</s>, <sn="3778">This</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="756">began</s> to <sn="3618">build</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was not <sn="2480 3756">able</s> to <sn="1615">finish</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2228">Or</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="935">king</s>, <sn="4198">going</s> to make <sn="4820 1519 4171">war</s> against <sn="2087">another</s><sn="935">king</s>, sitteth not <sn="2523 3780">down</s><sn="4412">first</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1011">consulteth</s><sn="1487">whether</s> he <sn="2076">be</s><sn="1415">able</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="1176">ten</s><sn="5505">thousand</s> to <sn="528">meet</s> him that <sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="1909">against</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="1501">twenty</s><sn="5505">thousand</s>? </v>
<vn='32'> Or <sn="1490">else</s>, while the <sn="846">other</s><sn="5607">is</s><sn="2089">yet</s> a great way <sn="4206">off</s>, he <sn="649">sendeth</s><sn="4242">ambassadors</s>, and <sn="2065">desireth</s><sn="3588">conditions</s><sn="4314">of</s><sn="1515">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3767">So</s><sn="3779">likewise</s>, <sn="3956">whosoever</s> he be <sn="1537">of</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="657">forsaketh</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3956">all</s> that he <sn="5224 1438">hath</s>, he <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="1511">be</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3101">disciple</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="217">Salt</s><i> is </i><sn="2570">good</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="217">salt</s> have lost his <sn="3471">savor</s>, <sn="1722 5101">wherewith</s> shall it be <sn="741">seasoned</s>? </v>
<vn='35'> It <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3777">neither</s><sn="2111">fit</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="1093">land</s>, nor <sn="3777">yet</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="2874">dunghill</s>; <i> but </i> men <sn="906">cast</s><sn="846">it</s><sn="1854">out</s>. He that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3775">ears</s> to <sn="191">hear</s>, let him <sn="191">hear</s>. </v>