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At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "`Come, for things are now ready.'

καὶ kai “And”

"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "`I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'

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

"A second pleaded, "`I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"Another said, "`I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "`Go out quickly,' he said, `into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'

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

"Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "`Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"`Go out,' replied the master, `to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

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

On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,

καὶ kai “and”

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

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

No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,

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saying, `This man began to build, but could not finish.'

καὶ kai “and”

"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?

καὶ kai “even”

Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;

καὶ kai “and”

and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"

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

"Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it?

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.

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Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together, and says, `Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep--the one I had lost.'

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

"Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully till she finds it?

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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, and says, "`Congratulate me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

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The younger of them said to his father, "`Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided his wealth between them.

καὶ kai “And”

No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.

καὶ kai “and”

So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;

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and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

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