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And the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry, and said to his servant, Go into the streets and outskirts of the city, and bring hither the poor, and the afflicted, and the lame, and the sightless.

And the lord said to his servant, Go forth into the ways, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled:

Whoever cometh with me, and doth not hate his father and his mother, and his brethren and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and himself also, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

And whoever doth not take up his cross and come after me, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

Or, what king, going to war with a king his neighbour, doth not first consider, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him who cometh against him with twenty thousand?

So every one of you who doth not leave all his possession, cannot be unto me a disciple.

And when he hath found it, he rejoiceth and carrieth it upon his shoulders.

And, coming to his house, he calleth his friends and his neighbours, and saith to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found the sheep which was lost.

and his minor [fn] son said to him, My father, give to me my division of the goods of thy house. And he divided to them his substance.

And after a few days the minor son gathered together his all whatsoever, and went into a distant country, and there dispersed his substance in living profusely.

And he had a desire to fill his belly with those karubs [fn] which the swine did eat; and no man gave to him.

And he arose, (and) went to his father. And while he was (yet) afar, his father saw him, and had compassion upon him, and ran, fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

And his son said to him, My father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am not worthy thy son to be called.

But his father said to his servants, Bring forth the first [fn] robe to clothe him, and put a ring upon his hand, and let him be, shod with sandals,

And he was angry, and would not go in. And his father came forth and besought him.

But he said to his father, Behold, how many years have I wrought thee service, and never have I transgressed thy commandment: yet never hast thou given me a kid, that I might feast with my friends.

His father saith to him, My son, thou in all time art with me, and every thing that I have is thine.

AND he spake a parable to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a house-chief; [fn] and he was accused to him that his substance he wasted.

And his lord called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee ? give me the account of thy house-headship; for thou canst no longer be house-chief unto me.

And he called one by one from the debtors of his lord, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord ?