Section XXX.
Section XXX
[1] 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: 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, 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] takestLit. at thy rising and taking. another place. 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. Luke xiv. 11.For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.
[6] Luke xiv. 12.And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feastPractically synonymous words. or a banquet,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. Luke xiv. 13.But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with withered hand, and the [8] lame, and the blind: 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. 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] Matt. xxii. 1; Matt. xxii. 2.Jesus answered again in parables, and said, Luke xiv. 16b.The kingdom of heaven hath been likened [Arabic, p. 115] toBorg. ms., is like. a certain king, which made a feastUsed specially of a marriage feast. for his son, and prepared a [12] great banquet,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, 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. 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: Luke xiv. 19.I pray thee to releaseOr, 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. Luke xiv. 20.And another said, I have married a wife, [16] and therefore I cannot come. 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. Matt. xxii. 5.But they made light of it, and [18] went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise: Matt. xxii. 6.and the rest took his [19] servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. Luke xiv. 21a.And one of the servants [20] came, and informed his lord of what had happened. 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. Matt. xxii. 8.Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those [22] that were invited were not worthy. Luke xiv. 21c.Go out quickly into the markets and into the partings 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] 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. 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 isOr, that my house may be. filled. 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] 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. 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: Matt. xxii. 12.and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments? [29] 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. Matt. xxii. 14.The called are many; and the chosen, few.
[31] 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. 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: Luke xvii. 13.and they lifted up their voice, and [34] said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us. 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. Luke xvii. 15.And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and [36] was praising God with a loud voice; Luke xvii. 16.and he fell on his face before the feet of [37] Jesus, giving him thanks: and this man was a Samaritan. Luke xvii. 17.Jesus answered and said, [38] Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine? Luke xvii. 18.Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man who is of a strange [39] people. Luke xvii. 19.He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy faith hath given thee life.Or, saved thee.
[40] 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 privatelyLit. between himself and them. what was about to befall him. 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. 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;i.e., Gentiles. Mark x. 34a.and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge [44] him, and spit in his face, and humble him,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: Luke xviii. 33.and on [45] the third day he shall rise. 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] 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. Matt. xx. 21a.And he said [47] unto her, What wouldest thou? 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. Mark x. 36.He said unto them,Lit. of course the two of them, and so all through the conversation. What would ye that I should do unto you? [49] 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. 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? 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: 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.