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| | |And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; | | |And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; |
| | |Their silence was deafening. Jesus touched the man and healed him, and then sent him on his way. | | |Their silence was deafening. Jesus touched the man and healed him, and then sent him on his way. |
| − | |A rare translation that is ''longer'' than the KJV version. | + | |A rare translation here that is ''longer'' than the KJV version. |
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| | |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? | | |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? |
| − | | | + | |Jesus declared, "Which of you shall have an ass or ox stuck in a pit, and not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath? |
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| | |And they could not answer him again to these things. | | |And they could not answer him again to these things. |
| − | | | + | |They could not say a word in reply. |
| − | | | + | |This verse might be reexamined. |
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| | |And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, | | |And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, |
| − | | | + | |Noticing how some guests chose the best seats for themselves, Jesus presented this parable to them: |
| − | | | + | |"presented" is stronger than the "told" of most modern translations. |
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| | |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; | | |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; |
| − | | | + | |"When a man invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the best seat because another man may deserve it more. |
| − | | | + | |Retention of masculine pronoun helps retain notion of chivalry here. |
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