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And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
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And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
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So that servant came, and showed 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.
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And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
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And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
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For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste my supper.
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And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them,
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If any [man] cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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And whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath [sufficient] to finish [it]?
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Lest perhaps after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,