New Living Translation NLT
Wycliffe WYC
1 One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.
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And it was done, when he had entered into the house of a prince of Pharisees, in the sabbath, to eat bread, they espied him.
2 There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.
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And lo! a man sick in the dropsy [And lo! some man sick in the dropsy] was before him.
3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?”
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And Jesus answering spake to the wise men of [the] law, and to the Pharisees, and said [saying], Whether it is leaveful to heal in the sabbath?
4 When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.
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And they held peace. And Jesus took, and healed him, and let him go.
5 Then he turned to them and said, “Which of you doesn’t work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get him out?”
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And he answered to them, and said, Whose ass or ox of you shall fall into a pit, and he shall not at once draw him out in the day of sabbath? [+And he answering to them, said, Whose ass or ox of yours shall fall into a pit, and not anon he shall draw out him on the day of sabbath?]
6 Again they could not answer.
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And they might not answer to him to these things.
7 When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the seats of honor near the head of the table, he gave them this advice:
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He said also a parable to men bidden to a feast, and he beheld how they chose the first sitting places, and said to them, [Forsooth he said also a parable to men bidden to a feast, beholding how they chose the first sitting places, saying to them,]
8 “When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has also been invited?
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When thou art bidden to bridals, sit not to meat in the first place [When thou shalt be bidden to weddings, sit not at the meat in the first place]; lest peradventure a worthier than thou be bidden of him,
9 The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!
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and lest he come that called thee and him, and say to thee, Give place to this, and then thou shalt begin with shame [and thou shalt begin with shame] to hold the lowest place.
10 “Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.
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But when thou art bidden to a feast, go, and sit down in the last place, that when he cometh, that bade thee to the feast, he say to thee, Friend, come higher [Friend, ascend up higher]. Then worship shall be to thee, before men that sit [together] at the meat.
11 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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For each that enhanceth himself, shall be lowed [shall be made low]; and he that meeketh himself, shall be highed.
12 Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.
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And he said [also] to him, that had bidden him to the feast, When thou makest a meat, or a supper, do not thou call thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy cousins, neither neighbours, nor rich men; lest peradventure [and] they bid thee again to the feast, and it be yielded again to thee [and retribution, or yielding again, be made to thee].
13 Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
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But when thou makest a feast, call poor men, feeble [men], crooked, and blind,
14 Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”
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and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not whereof to yield [again] to thee, for it shall be yielded to thee [forsooth it shall be requited to thee] in the rising again of just men.
15 Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God!”
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And when one of them that sat together at the meat had heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he, that shall eat bread in the realm of God.
16 Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations.
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And he said to him, A man made a great supper [Some man made a great supper], and called many.
17 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’
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And he sent his servant in the hour of supper, to say to men that were bidden to the feast, that they should come, for now all things be ready.
18 But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’
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And all began together to excuse them(selves). The first said [to him], I have bought a town, and I have need to go out, and see it; I pray thee, have me excused.
19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’
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And the tother said, I have bought five yokes of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee, have me excused.
20 Another said, ‘I now have a wife, so I can’t come.’
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And another said, I have wedded a wife; and therefore I may not come.
21 “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
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And the servant turned again, and told these things to his lord. Then the husbandman was wroth, and said to his servant, Go out swiftly into the great streets and the small streets of the city [Then the husbandman wroth, said to his servant, Go out soon into great streets and small streets of the city], and bring in hither poor men, and feeble, [and] blind men, and crooked.
22 After the servant had done this, he reported, ‘There is still room for more.’
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And the servant said, Lord, it is done, as thou hast commanded, and yet there is a void place [and yet there is a place].
23 So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.
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And the lord said to the servant, Go out into ways and hedges, and constrain men to enter, that mine house be full-filled [that mine house be filled].
24 For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”
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For I say to you, that none of those men that be called, shall taste my supper.
25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them,
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And much people went with him [Soothly many companies went with him]; and he turned, and said to them,
26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
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If any man cometh to me [If any man come to me], and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and sons, and brethren, and sisters, and yet [forsooth] his own life, he may not be my disciple.
27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.
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And he that beareth not his cross, and cometh after me, may not be my disciple.
28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
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For who of you willing to build a tower, whether he sit not first/whether he first sitteth not, and counteth the expenses that be needful, if he have to perform?
29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.
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Lest after that he hath set the foundament [Lest after he hath put the foundament], and be not able to perform, all that see, begin to scorn him,
30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’
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and say [saying], For this man began to build, and might not make an end.
31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?
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Or what king that will go to do a battle against another king, whether he sitteth not first, and bethinketh, if he may with ten thousand go to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? [+Or what king to going to make battle against another king, whether he sitting first bethinketh not, if he may with ten thousand go against him that cometh to him with twenty thousand?]
32 And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away.
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[Or] Else yet while he is afar, he sendeth a messenger, and prayeth those things that be of peace.
33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.
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So therefore each of you, that forsaketh not all things that he hath [that renounceth not, or forsaketh not, all things that he wieldeth], may not be my disciple.
34 “Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?
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Salt is good; but if salt [shall] vanish, in what thing shall it be savoured?
35 Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!”
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Neither in earth, nor in [the] dunghill it is profitable, but it shall be cast out. He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.