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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 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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And the servant came, and told 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 maimed and blind and lame.
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And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.
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And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
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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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Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,
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If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.