Section XXX.

[1] ^20542054    Luke xiv. 7.And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw [2] them choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting room:  ^20552055    Luke xiv. 8.When a man invites thee to a feast, do not go and sit at the head of the room; lest there [3] be there a man more honourable than thou, ^20562056    Luke xiv. 9.and he that invited you come and say unto thee, Give the place to this man:  and thou be ashamed when thou risest and [4] takest^20572057    Lit. at thy rising and taking. another place.  ^20582058    Luke xiv. 10.But when thou art invited, go and sit last; so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My friend, go up higher:  and [5] thou shalt have praise before all that were invited with thee.  ^20592059    Luke xiv. 11.For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.

[6] ^20602060    Luke xiv. 12.And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feast^20612061    Practically synonymous words. or a banquet,^20622062    Practically synonymous words. do not invite thy friends, nor even thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy [7] rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have this reward.  ^20632063    Luke xiv. 13.But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with withered hand, and the [8] lame, and the blind:  ^20642064    Luke xiv. 14.and blessed art thou, since they have not the means to reward [9] thee; that thy reward may be at the rising of the righteous.  ^20652065    Luke xiv. 15.And when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

[10, 11] ^20662066    Matt. xxii. 1; Matt. xxii. 2.Jesus answered again in parables, and said, ^20672067    Luke xiv. 16b.The kingdom of heaven hath been likened [Arabic, p. 115] to^20682068    Borg. ms., is like. a certain king, which made a feast^20692069    Used specially of a marriage feast. for his son, and prepared a [12] great banquet,^20702070    Lit. bread, the Syriac word for which (not that in the versions) means also feast. and invited many:  and he sent his servants at the time of the feast to inform them that were invited, ^20712071    Luke xiv. 17; Matt. xxii. 3b.Everything is made ready for you; come.  And [13] they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse.  ^20722072    Luke xiv. 18.And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out [14] to see it:  ^20732073    Luke xiv. 19.I pray thee to release^20742074    Or, omit. me, for I ask to be excused.  And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them:  I pray thee [15] to release me, for I ask to be excused.  ^20752075    Luke xiv. 20.And another said, I have married a wife, [16] and therefore I cannot come.  ^20762076    Matt. xxii. 4.And the king sent also other servants, and said, Say to those that were invited, that my feast is ready, and my oxen and my fatlings are [17] slain, and everything is ready:  come to the feast.  ^20772077    Matt. xxii. 5.But they made light of it, and [18] went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise:  ^20782078    Matt. xxii. 6.and the rest took his [19] servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them.  ^20792079    Luke xiv. 21a.And one of the servants [20] came, and informed his lord of what had happened.  ^20802080    Matt. xxii. 7.And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and [21] burned their cities.  ^20812081    Matt. xxii. 8.Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those [22] that were invited were not worthy.  ^20822082    Luke xiv. 21c.Go out quickly into the markets and into the 90partings of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and those with pains, and the lame, and the blind.  And the servants did as the king commanded them.  [23] ^20832083    Luke xiv. 22.And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that thou commandedst [24] us, and there is here still room.  ^20842084    Luke xiv. 23a; Matt. xxii. 9b.So the lord said unto his servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways, and the paths, and every one that ye find, invite [25] [Arabic, p. 116] to the feast, and constrain them to enter, till my house is^20852085    Or, that my house may be. filled.  ^20862086    Luke xiv. 23b; Luke xiv. 24.I say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast.  [26] ^20872087    Matt. xxii. 10.And those servants went out into the roads, and gathered all that they found, good and [27] bad:  and the banquet-house was filled with guests.  ^20882088    Matt. xxii. 11.And the king entered to see those [28] who were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment:  ^20892089    Matt. xxii. 12.and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments?  [29] ^20902090    Matt. xxii. 13.And he was silent.  Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet, and put him forth into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and [30] gnashing of teeth.  ^20912091    Matt. xxii. 14.The called are many; and the chosen, few.

[31] ^20922092    John v. 1a.And after that, the time of the feast of unleavened bread of the Jews arrived, [32] and Jesus went out to go to Jerusalem.  ^20932093    Luke xvii. 11; Luke xvii. 12.And as he went in the way, there met him [33] ten persons who were lepers, and stood afar off:  ^20942094    Luke xvii. 13.and they lifted up their voice, and [34] said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us.  ^20952095    Luke xvii. 14.And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests.  And when they went, they [35] were cleansed.  ^20962096    Luke xvii. 15.And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and [36] was praising God with a loud voice; ^20972097    Luke xvii. 16.and he fell on his face before the feet of [37] Jesus, giving him thanks:  and this man was a Samaritan.  ^20982098    Luke xvii. 17.Jesus answered and said, [38] Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine?  ^20992099    Luke xvii. 18.Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man who is of a strange [39] people.  ^21002100    Luke xvii. 19.He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy faith hath given thee life.^21012101    Or, saved thee.

[40] ^21022102    Mark x. 32.And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, Jesus went in front of them; and they wondered, and followed him fearing.  And he took his twelve disciples apart, [41] and began to tell them privately^21032103    Lit. between himself and them. what was about to befall him.  ^21042104    Luke xviii. 31b.And he said unto [Arabic, p. 117] them, We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things shall be fulfilled [42] that are written in the prophets concerning the Son of man.  ^21052105    Mark x. 33b.He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, [43] and deliver him to the peoples;^21062106    i.e., Gentiles.  ^21072107    Mark x. 34a.and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge [44] him, and spit in his face, and humble him,^21082108    An obscure expression; perhaps it was originally a repetition of the preceding clause.  It might be emended into point at him (the finger of scorn).and crucify him, and slay him:  ^21092109    Luke xviii. 33.and on [45] the third day he shall rise.  ^21102110    Luke xviii. 34.But they understood not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from them, and they did not perceive these things that were addressed to them.

[46] ^21112111    Matt. xx. 20.Then came near to him the mother of the (two) sons of Zebedee, she and her (two) sons, and worshipped him, and asked of him a certain thing.  ^21122112    Matt. xx. 21a.And he said [47] unto her, What wouldest thou?  ^21132113    Mark x. 35.And James and John, her two sons, came forward, and said unto him, Teacher, we would that all that we ask thou wouldest [48] do unto us.  ^21142114    Mark x. 36.He said unto them,^21152115    Lit. of course the two of them, and so all through the conversation. What would ye that I should do unto you?  [49] ^21162116    Mark x. 37.They said unto him, Grant us that we may sit, the one on thy right, and the other [50] on thy left, in thy kingdom and thy glory.  ^21172117    Mark x. 38.And Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask.  Are ye able to drink the cup that I am to drink? and with the [51] baptism that I am to be baptized with, will ye be baptized?  ^21182118    Mark x. 39.And they said unto him, We are able.  Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and [52] with the baptism wherewith I am baptized ye shall be baptized:  ^21192119    Mark x. 40.but that ye should sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but it is for him for whom my Father hath prepared it.