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Then sayd he to him. A certayne man ordened a greate supper and bade many
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and sent his servaunt at supper tyme to saye to them that wer bidden come: for all thinges are now redy.
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And they all atonce begane to make excuse. The fyrst sayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme and I must nedes goo and se it I praye the have me excused.
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And another sayd: I hove bought fyve yooke of oxen and I goo to prove them I praye the have me excused.
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The thyrde sayd: I have maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come.
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And the servaunt went and brought his master worde therof. Then was the good man of the housse displeased and sayd to his servaut: Goo out quickly into ye stretes and quarters of the cite and bringe in hidder the poore and the maymed and the halt and the blynde.
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And the servaut sayd: lorde it is done as thou comaundedst and yet ther is roume.
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And the lorde sayd to the servaunt: Go out into ye hye wayes and hedges and compell the to come in that my housse maye be filled.
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For I saye vnto you that none of those men which were bidde shall tast of my supper.
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Ther went agreate copany with him and he turned and sayde vnto them:
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If a man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wyfe and chyldren and brethren and sisters more over and his awne lyfe he cannot be my disciple.