G2532–καί–kai

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

καὶ kai “And”

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,

καὶ kai “and”

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “even”

and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

καὶ kai “and”

saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

καὶ kai “and”

Salt [ergänzt: then] [ergänzt: is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

καὶ kai “even”

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

καὶ kai “and”

and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [ergänzt: man] receives sinners and eats with them.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;

καὶ kai “And”

and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [ergänzt: to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

καὶ kai “And”

And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

καὶ kai “and”

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”