Section XXX.
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And he spake a
parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw [2] them
choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting
room:
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When a man invites
thee to a
feast, do not go and sit at the head of the
room; lest there
[3] be there a man more honourable than thou,
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and
he that invited you come and say unto thee, Give the place to this
man: and thou be
ashamed when thou risest and [4] takest
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| 2057 Lit. at thy
rising and taking. |
another place.
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But when thou art invited, go and sit last;
so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My
friend, go up higher: and [5] thou shalt have
praise before all
that were invited with thee.
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For every one
that exalteth himself shall be
abased; and every one that abaseth
himself shall be exalted.
[6] 2060
And he said also to
him that had invited him, When thou makest a
feast2061
| 2061 Practically synonymous
words. |
or a banquet,
2062
| 2062 Practically synonymous
words. |
do
not invite thy
friends, nor even thy
brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy
[7]
rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have
this
reward.
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But when thou makest
a
feast, invite the
poor, and those with withered
hand, and the [8]
lame, and the
blind:
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and
blessed art
thou, since they have not the means to
reward [9] thee; that thy
reward
may be at the rising of the
righteous.
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And
when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him,
Blessed is he that shall eat
bread in the
kingdom of
God.
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Jesus answered again
in
parables, and said,
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The
kingdom of
heaven hath been likened [Arabic, p. 115] to
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a
certain king, which made a
feast2069
for his son,
and prepared a [12] great banquet,
2070
| 2070 Lit.
bread, the Syriac word for which (not that in the
versions) means also feast. |
and invited
many: and he sent his
servants at the time of the
feast to inform
them that were invited,
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Everything is made
ready for you; come. And [13] they would not come, but began all
of them with one voice to make excuse.
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And
the first said unto them, Say to him, I have
bought a
field, and I must
needs go out [14] to see it:
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I
pray thee to
release2074
me, for I ask to be
excused. And another said, I have
bought five yoke of
oxen, and I
am going to
examine them: I
pray thee [15] to
release me, for I
ask to be excused.
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And another said, I
have
married a
wife, [16] and therefore I cannot come.
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And the king sent also other
servants, and
said, Say to those that were invited, that my
feast is ready, and my
oxen and my fatlings are [17] slain, and everything is ready:
come to the
feast.
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But they made
light
of it, and [18] went, one to his
field, and another to his
merchandise:
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and the
rest took
his [19]
servants, and entreated them shamefully, and
killed
them.
2079
And one of the
servants [20] came, and informed his
lord of what had happened.
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And when the king heard, he became
angry, and
sent his
armies; and they
destroyed those murderers, and [21]
burned
their cities.
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Then he said to his
servants, The
feast is prepared, but those [22] that were invited were
not worthy.
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Go out quickly into
the
markets and into the partings
of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the
poor, and those with
pains, and the
lame, and the
blind. And the
servants did as the
king commanded them. [23]
2083
And they came,
and said unto him, Our
lord, we have done all that thou commandedst
[24] us, and there is here still
room.
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So
the
lord said unto his
servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways,
and the paths, and every one that ye find, invite [25] [Arabic, p. 116]
to the
feast, and
constrain them to enter, till my
house is
2085
| 2085 Or, that my
house may be. |
filled.
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I
say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall
taste
of my
feast. [26]
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And those
servants
went out into the roads, and gathered all that they found, good and
[27] bad: and the banquet-
house was filled with
guests.
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And the king entered to see those [28] who
were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive
garment:
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and he said unto
him, My
friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive
garments? [29]
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And he was
silent. Then the king said to the
servants,
Bind his
hands and
his
feet, and put him forth into the outer
darkness; there shall be
weeping and [30] gnashing of teeth.
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The
called are many; and the chosen, few.
[31] 2092
And after that, the
time of the
feast of
unleavened bread of the
Jews arrived, [32] and
Jesus went out to go to
Jerusalem.
2093
And
as he went in the way, there met him [33] ten persons who were
lepers,
and stood
afar off:
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and they lifted up
their voice, and [34] said, Our Master,
Jesus, have
mercy upon
us.
2095
And when he saw
them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the
priests.
And when they went, they [35] were cleansed.
2096
And one of them, when he saw himself
cleansed, returned, and [36] was praising
God with a loud voice;
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and he fell on his face before the
feet of
[37]
Jesus, giving him thanks: and this
man was a
Samaritan.
2098
Jesus answered and
said, [38] Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the
nine?
2099
Not one of them
turned aside to come and
praise God, but this
man who is of a
strange [39] people.
2100
He said unto him,
Arise, and go thy way; for thy
faith hath given thee
life.
2101
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And while they were
going up in the way to
Jerusalem,
Jesus went in front of them; and they
wondered, and followed him fearing. And he took his twelve
disciples apart, [41] and began to tell them privately
2103
| 2103 Lit. between
himself and them. |
what was about to
befall him.
2104
And he said unto [Arabic, p. 117] them, We
are going up to
Jerusalem, and all the things shall be fulfilled [42]
that are written in the
prophets concerning the Son of man.
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He shall be
delivered to the
chief priests
and the
scribes; and they shall
condemn him to
death, [43] and
deliver
him to the peoples;
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2107
and they shall treat him shamefully, and
scourge [44] him, and
spit in his face, and
humble him,
2108
| 2108 An obscure
expression; perhaps it was originally a repetition of the preceding
clause. It might be emended into point at him (the finger of
scorn). |
and crucify him, and
slay him:
2109
and on [45] the third day he shall
rise.
2110
But they understood
not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from them, and they did
not perceive these things that were addressed to them.
[46] 2111
Then came near to
him the mother of the (two) sons of
Zebedee, she and her (two) sons,
and worshipped him, and asked of him a
certain thing.
2112
And he said [47] unto her, What wouldest
thou?
2113
And James and John,
her two sons, came forward, and said unto him,
Teacher, we would that
all that we ask thou wouldest [48] do unto us.
2114
He said unto them,
2115
| 2115 Lit. of course
the two of them, and so all through the conversation. |
What would ye that I should do unto you? [49]
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They said unto him, Grant us that we may sit,
the one on thy right, and the other [50] on thy left, in thy
kingdom
and thy
glory.
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And
Jesus said unto
them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the
cup that
I am to drink? and with the [51]
baptism that I am to be
baptized with,
will ye be
baptized?
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And they said unto
him, We are able.
Jesus said unto them, The
cup that I drink ye
shall drink; and [52] with the baptism wherewith I am baptized ye shall
be baptized:
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but that ye should
sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but
it is
for him for whom my Father hath prepared
it.
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