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The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doeth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him away to watering?

And when hee had said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: & all the people reioyced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

It is like a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and cast into his garden, and it grew, and waxed a great tree: and the foules of the aire lodged in the branches of it.

And sent his seruant at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.

So that seruant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, sayde to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his owne life also, hee cannot be my disciple.

And whosoeuer doeth not beare his crosse, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Salt is good: but if the salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

And when he hath found it, hee layeth it on his shoulders, reioycing.

And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friends, and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with me, for I haue found my sheepe which was lost.

And the yonger of them said to his father, Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he diuided vnto them his liuing.

And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.

And he went and ioyned himselfe to a citizen of that countrey, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would faine haue filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him.

And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed him.

But the father saide to his seruants, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shooes on his feete.

Now his elder sonne was in the field, and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musicke & dauncing,

And he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

And he answering said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres doe I serue thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goods.