Luke - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1125

LUKE.

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25 will not be equal to it. When once the Master of the house has arisen, and locked the door, and you, stand- ing outside, begin to knock at the door, and call out, ‘ Master, open for 26 28 33 34 35 us!’ He will answer you, *1 do not know where you come from l ’ Then you will begin to say, ‘ We have eaten and drunk in Your company, and You have taught in our streets} But He will reply to you, ‘I do not know where you come from; begone from Me, all you doers of iniquity} There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, Isaac, and jacob, as well as all the prophets, admitted to the Kingdom of God, but yourselves excluded. And they shall come from the east, the west, the north, and the south, and recline in the Kingdom of God. For those last shall be Hrst; and these first shall be last. QA message in @2rvh kxiipus. At that time, some Pharisees ap—

Go out, and depart from here I for Herod intends to murder You. Go and tell

that vixen,1 ‘ Look! I will expel demons and effect cures to·day and to—morrow, and on the third day I shall complete My work. I must travel, however, to·day and to-mor- row, as well as the following day; because it cannot be expected that a prophet should be murdered outside ]erusaleml' ‘O jerusalem! jerusalem! who

murdered the prophets, and stoned those sent to youl how often have I longed to collect your children as a hen gathers her brood under her wings; but you would not! Alas! your house is now left to yourselves alone; for I tell you that you shall not see Me again until the time comes when you shall say, Brass Hm wno comes 1N zum Name on ren Lom>l’ M12 §l;arisair $1nt. 14 It occurred on one occasion, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath,

2 that they were watching Him; and one man in His presence was suffer-

3 ing from dropsy. So jesus, address- ing the lawyers and Pharisees, asked, ‘ Is it ‘allowal>le to cure on the Day of But they kept silent. So taking hold of the man, He

cured him, and dismissed him. He Who among you, if his ass or his ox fall into a pit on the Day of Rest, would not at once And to this question they were unable to give Him a reply. §huwniiimz in Qnntilify. Then observing how the invited

guests were selecting for themselves the places of honour, He addressed a parable to them, saying: When you are invited by any one

to a wedding, you should not recline upon the places of honour; for fear one should be invited more dis- tinguished than yourself, and the one g who issued the invitations should come to you, saying, ‘ Make way for this man.’ In shame you would then retire to a lower position. When, however, you are invited, take for yourself the lowest position; so that when the host makes his appearance, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher? You will thus be dis- tinguished in the presence of the whole company. Because every one who exalts himself shall be humi- liated; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. Gah-like Gznzrnziig. Then addressing His host, He said : ‘ Whenever you provide a luncheon

or a supper, do not invite merely your friends, your brothers, your relations, nor your rich neighbours; for fear they should also invite you in return, and thus reward you. But, on the contrary, when you provide an enter- tainment, invite the poor, thecrippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be happy; because they have nothing with which to repay you. You will be repaid, however, at the resurrec- tion of the just! I0 II I2 my: yaruhlz nf the ®rz¤i Supper. One of the guests, on hearing

Happy will he be, however, who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God l' But to him He said: ‘A man provided a. great supper,

llteralverslon of the Greek; not I :;%;§:¥§d§:?g xggdglziegg h_gett Psa. cxvul. 26. supper hour: ‘Come then} said he, 1125 :5 “M__“____ l