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English Standard Version

The master said to the servant, Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke 14:23

Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise, says the Lord; I will place him in the safety for which he longs.

Psalm 12:5

Luke 14 (English Standard Version)

20 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’
23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,
26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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Psalm 12 (English Standard Version)

2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

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Free Bible Version

The master told the servant, Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.

Luke 14:23

Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them, says the Lord. I will give them the protection they have been longing for.

Psalm 12:5

Luke 14 (Free Bible Version)

20 ‘I've just got married, so I can't come.’
21 The servant returned and told his master what they'd said. The home-owner became angry and told his servant, ‘Quickly, go out into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
22 Then the servant said, ‘Master, I did what you told me, but there are still empty places.’
23 So the master told the servant, ‘Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.
24 I tell you, not a single one of those people I invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
25 A large crowd was accompanying Jesus. He turned to them and said,
26 “If you want to follow me but you don't hate your father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters—even your own life—you can't be my disciple.

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Psalm 12 (Free Bible Version)

2 Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.
3 Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—
4 these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”
5 “Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”
6 What the Lord says is trustworthy, as pure as silver refined seven times in a furnace.
7 You, Lord will keep the oppressed safe; you will protect us from these kinds of people forever;
8 even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.

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