G2532–καί–kai

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

καὶ kai “And”

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

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

"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"That 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

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

"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

καὶ kai “and”

"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.

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

Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

καὶ kai “and”

saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

καὶ kai “and”

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

καὶ kai “even”

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

καὶ kai “and”

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

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

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

καὶ kai “And”

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

καὶ kai “And”

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

καὶ kai “and”

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

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”