From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 30   
      
   Luke Chapter 14   
      
   1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief   
   Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.   
      
   2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.   
      
   3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is   
   it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?   
      
   4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let   
   him go;   
      
   5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox   
   fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?   
      
   6 And they could not answer him again to these things.   
      
   7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked   
   how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,   
      
   8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the   
   highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;   
      
   9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man   
   place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.   
      
   10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that   
   when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up   
   higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at   
   meat with thee.   
      
   11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth   
   himself shall be exalted.   
      
   12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or   
   a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,   
   nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence   
   be made thee.   
      
   13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,   
   the blind:   
      
   14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou   
   shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.   
      
   15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he   
   said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.   
      
   16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:   
      
   17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,   
   Come; for all things are now ready.   
      
   18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said   
   unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see   
   it: I pray thee have me excused.   
      
   19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove   
   them: I pray thee have me excused.   
      
   20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.   
      
   21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the   
   master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into   
   the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the   
   maimed, and the halt, and the blind.   
      
   22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and   
   yet there is room.   
      
   23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and   
   hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.   
      
   24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall   
   taste of my supper.   
      
   25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said   
   unto them,   
      
   26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife,   
   and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he   
   cannot be my disciple.   
      
   27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be   
   my disciple.   
      
   28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,   
   and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?   
      
   29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to   
   finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,   
      
   30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.   
      
   31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not   
   down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet   
   him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?   
      
   32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an   
   ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.   
      
   33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he   
   hath, he cannot be my disciple.   
      
   34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall   
   it be seasoned?   
      
   35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men   
   cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   Luke Chapter 15   
      
   1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.   
      
   2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth   
   sinners, and eateth with them.   
      
   3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,   
      
   4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth   
   not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which   
   is lost, until he find it?   
      
   5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.   
      
   6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and   
   neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep   
   which was lost.   
      
   7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner   
   that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need   
   no repentance.   
      
   8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,   
   doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till   
   she find it?   
      
   9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours   
   together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I   
   had lost.   
      
   10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels   
   of God over one sinner that repenteth.   
      
   11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:   
      
   12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the   
   portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.   
      
   13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and   
   took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with   
   riotous living.   
      
   14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;   
   and he began to be in want.   
      
   15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he   
   sent him into his fields to feed swine.   
      
   16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine   
   did eat: and no man gave unto him.   
      
   17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my   
   father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!   
      
   18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I   
   have sinned against heaven, and before thee,   
      
   19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy   
   hired servants.   
      
   20 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 ran, and fell on his   
   neck, and kissed him.   
      
   21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and   
      
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