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167:2.1 As [[Jesus]] finished [[speaking]] at the breakfast table of the [[Pharisee]], one of the lawyers present, [[desiring]] to relieve the [[silence]], thoughtlessly said: " [[Blessed]] is he who shall eat bread in [[the kingdom]] of God "—that being a common saying of those days. And then [[Jesus]] [[spoke]] a [[parable]], which even his [[friendly]] [[host]] was compelled to take to [[heart]]. He said:

167:2.1 As [[Jesus]] finished [[speaking]] at the breakfast table of the [[Pharisee]], one of the lawyers present, [[desiring]] to relieve the [[silence]], thoughtlessly said: " [[Blessed]] is he who shall eat bread in [[the kingdom]] of God "—that being a common saying of those days. And then [[Jesus]] [[spoke]] a [[parable]], which even his [[friendly]] [[host]] was compelled to take to [[heart]]. He said:

167:2.2 " A certain ruler gave a great supper, and having bidden many guests, he dispatched his servants at suppertime to say to those who were [[invited]], `Come, for [[everything]] is now ready.' And they all with one [[accord]] began to make excuses. The first said, `I have just bought a [[farm]], and I must needs to go [[prove]] it; I pray you have me excused.' Another said, `I have bought five [[yoke]] of oxen, and I must go to [[receive]] them; I pray you have me excused.' And another said, `I have just [[married]] a [[wife]], and therefore I cannot come.' So the servants went back and reported this to their master. When the master of the house heard this, he was very [[angry]], and turning to his servants, he said: `I have made ready this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Abrahamic_religions marriage feast]; the fatlings are killed, and all is in readiness for my guests, but they have [[spurned]] my [[invitation]]; they have gone every man after his [[land]]s and his merchandise, and they even show disrespect to my servants who bid them come to my feast. Go out quickly, therefore, into the streets and lanes of the [[city]], out into the highways and the byways, and bring hither the [[poor]] and the outcast, the blind and the lame, that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Abrahamic_religions marriage feast] may have guests.' And the servants did as their lord commanded, and even then there was room for more guests. Then said the lord to his servants: `Go now out into the roads and the countryside and constrain those who are there to come in that my house may be filled. I [[declare]] that none of those who were first bidden shall [[taste]] of my supper.' And the servants did as their master commanded, and the house was filled. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_14][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22]

167:2.2 " A certain ruler gave a great supper, and having bidden many guests, he dispatched his servants at suppertime to say to those who were [[invited]], `Come, for [[everything]] is now ready.' And they all with one [[accord]] began to make excuses. The first said, `I have just bought a [[farm]], and I must needs to go [[prove]] it; I pray you have me excused.' Another said, `I have bought five [[yoke]] of oxen, and I must go to [[receive]] them; I pray you have me excused.' And another said, `I have just [[married]] a [[wife]], and therefore I cannot come.' So the servants went back and reported this to their master. When the master of the house heard this, he was very [[angry]], and turning to his servants, he said: `I have made ready this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Abrahamic_religions marriage feast]; the fatlings are killed, and all is in readiness for my guests, but they have [[spurned]] my [[invitation]]; they have gone every man after his [[land]]s and his merchandise, and they even show disrespect to my servants who bid them come to my feast. Go out quickly, therefore, into the streets and lanes of the [[city]], out into the highways and the byways, and bring hither the [[poor]] and the outcast, the blind and the lame, that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#Abrahamic_religions marriage feast] may have guests.' And the servants did as their lord commanded, and even then there was room for more guests. Then said the lord to his servants: `Go now out into the roads and the countryside and constrain those who are there to come in that my house may be filled. I [[declare]] that none of those who were first bidden shall [[taste]] of my supper.' And the servants did as their master commanded, and the house was filled. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_14][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22]

167:2.3 And when they heard these [[words]], they departed; every man went to his own place. At least one of the [[sneering]] [[Pharisees]] present that morning [[comprehended]] the [[meaning]] of this [[parable]], for he was [[baptized]] that day and made [[public]] [[confession]] of his [[faith]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. [[Abner]] [[preached]] on this [[parable]] that night at the general [[council]] of [[believers]].

167:2.3 And when they heard these [[words]], they departed; every man went to his own place. At least one of the [[sneering]] [[Pharisees]] present that morning [[comprehended]] the [[meaning]] of this [[parable]], for he was [[baptized]] that day and made [[public]] [[confession]] of his [[faith]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. [[Abner]] [[preached]] on this [[parable]] that night at the general [[council]] of [[believers]].

167:2.4 The next day all of [[the apostles]] [[engaged]] in the [[philosophic]] [[exercise]] of endeavoring to [[interpret]] the [[meaning]] of this [[parable]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_great_banquet great supper]. Though [[Jesus]] [[listened]] with interest to all of these [[differing]] [[interpretations]], he [[steadfastly]] refused to offer them further help in [[understanding]] the [[parable]]. He would only say, " Let every man find out the [[meaning]] for himself and in his own [[soul]]. "

167:2.4 The next day all of [[the apostles]] [[engaged]] in the [[philosophic]] [[exercise]] of endeavoring to [[interpret]] the [[meaning]] of this [[parable]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_great_banquet great supper]. Though [[Jesus]] [[listened]] with interest to all of these [[differing]] [[interpretations]], he [[steadfastly]] refused to offer them further help in [[understanding]] the [[parable]]. He would only say, " Let every man find out the [[meaning]] for himself and in his own [[soul]]. "

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