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1356 The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Luke

say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou 21 And the servant returning, told these
begin with shame to take the lowest place. things to his lord. Then the master of the house,
10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly
in the lowest place; that when he who invited into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring
thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind,
higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them and the lame.
that sit at table with thee. 22 And the servant said: Lord, it is done as
11 Because every one that exalteth himself, thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, 23 And the Lord said to the servant: Go out
shall be exalted. into the highways and hedges, and compel them
12 And he said to him also that had invited to come in, that my house may be filled.
him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, 24 But I say unto you, that none of those men
call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest 25 And there went great multitudes with him.
perhaps they also invite thee again, and a rec- And turning, he said to them:
ompense be made to thee. 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his
13 But when thou makest a feast, call the father, and mother, and wife, and children, and
poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind; brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also,
14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they he cannot be my disciple.
have not wherewith to make thee recompense: 27 And whosoever doth not carry his cross
for recompense shall be made thee at the resur- and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
rection of the just. 28 For which of you having a mind to build
15 When one of them that sat at table with a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon
him, had heard these things, he said to him: the charges that are necessary, whether he have
Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the king- wherewithal to finish it:
dom of God. 29 Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and
16 But he said to him: A certain man made a is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock
great supper, and invited many. him,
17 And he sent his servant at the hour of sup- 30 Saying: This man began to build, and was
per to say to them that were invited, that they not able to finish.
should come, for now all things are ready. 31 Or what king, about to go to make war
18 And they began all at once to make excuse. against another king, doth not first sit down, and
The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to
I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh
me excused. against him?
19 And another said: I have bought five yoke 32 Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off,
of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of
me excused. peace.
20 And another said: I have married a wife, 33 So likewise every one of you that doth not
and therefore I cannot come. renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my