The Wedding

The Wedding

  Seven days shall ye eat un-l-eaven-ed bread; even the - first day - ye shall put away l-eaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth l-eavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, - that soul shall be cut off - from Is-ra-el.

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran - his son's son, and Sarai his daughter - in law, - his son - Abram's wife; - and they - went forth - with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

cer-tain

(surtn)adj. 1. Definite; fixed: set aside a certain sum each week. 2. Sure to come or happen; inevitable: certain success. 3. Established beyond doubt or question; indisputable

The kingdom of - heaven - is like unto a - certain king, which made a marriage - for his son,

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, . . . and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And - sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: - and they would not come.

whom

 (hoom)pron. The objective case of who. See Usage Note at who

And Adam - knew his wife - again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth:

For God, said she, hath appointed me an-other seed - instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Again, he sent forth other servants, -saying, - Tell them which are bidden, -Behold,- I have prepared my dinner:

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, - and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that - they destroyed utterly.

Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,

It repenteth -  me - that I - have set up Saul to be king: for he - is turned back - from following me, and hath not performed my commandments.

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And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth,

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and it grieved him at his heart.

And it grieved Samuel;

and he cried unto the Lord - all night.

Which my lips have uttered, - and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; - I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

Come - and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

ex-tolalso ex-toll

(ik-stol)v. tr. ex-tolledalso ex-tolled ex-tol-ling ex-toll-ing ex-tols ex-tolls. To praise highly; exalt.

I cried unto him - with my mouth, - and he was extolled - with - my tongue.

If I regard iniquity in my heart,-  the Lord will not hear me:

my oxen - and my fatlings - are killed, and - all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

And it shall be, - if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; - but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, - thou shalt not make merchandise of her, - because thou has humbled her.

If a man be found stealing any - of his brethren of - the children of Israel, - and maketh merchandise of him, - or selleth him; then that thief shall die; - and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, - an-other to his merchandise:

        And it shall come to pass in - that day, - that the remnant of Israel, - and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more - again - stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay - upon the Lord, - the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

        The remnant shall return, - even the remnant of Jacob, unto the - mighty God.

And the remnant - took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, - and slew them.

But when the king heard there-of, - he was wroth: - and he sent forth his armies, - and destroyed those murderers, - and burned up their city.

Then saith - he to his servants, - - The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

The high-ways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

And I will make all my mountains - a way, - and my high-ways shall be exalted.

Go ye there-fore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, - bid to the marriage.

So those servants - went out into the high-ways, and gathered together all as many as they found, - both bad - and good: - and the wedding was furnished with guests.

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.

And when the king - came in to see the guests, he saw there-  a man which - had not - on a wedding garment:

My kins-folk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten - me.

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither - not having a wedding - garment? - -And he was speechless.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him - hand - and foot, and take him away, - and cast him into outer darkness; there - shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

        For - many are called, but few - are - chosen.

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