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therefore_o i_o can_v come_v 21_o so_o that_o the_o servant_n come_v and_o show_v his_o lord_n these_o thing_n then_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n be_v angry_a say_v to_o his_o servant_n go_v out_o quick_o into_o the_o street_n and_o lane_n of_o the_o city_n and_o bring_v in_o hither_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o maim_a the_o halt_n and_o the_o blind_a 22_o and_o the_o servant_n say_v lord_n it_o be_v do_v as_o thou_o have_v command_v and_o yet_o there_o be_v room_n 23_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o the_o servant_n go_v into_o the_o highway_n and_o hedge_n and_o compel_v they_o to_o come_v in_o that_o my_o house_n may_v be_v fill_v 24_o for_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o none_o of_o those_o man_n which_o be_v bid_v shall_v taste_v of_o my_o supper_n one_o of_o they_o that_o sit_v at_o meat_n with_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o pharisee_n house_n hear_v christ_n speak_v of_o be_v recompense_v at_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a repeat_v that_o know_v say_v among_o the_o rabbin_n 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