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==167:2. PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER==

==167:2. PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER==

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 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 lands 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 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. "

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. "

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 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 [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]]. "

==167:3. THE WOMAN WITH THE SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY==

==167:3. THE WOMAN WITH THE SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY==