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The Book of Luke, Chapter 14, Verse 5

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And they held their peace. And he took [him], and healed him, and let him go;
King James Version
And answered them, saying, ‹Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?›
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?
New English Translation
But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
World English Bible
He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
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And they could not answer him again to these things.
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And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
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‹When thou art bidden of any› [man] ‹to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;›
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‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.›
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‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.›
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‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
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Then said he also to him that bade him, ‹When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor› [thy] ‹rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.›
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‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›
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‹And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.›
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And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.