23 thou didst command is done, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the [3]servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and 24 constrain _them_ to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. [Footnote 1: Many ancient authorities read _a son_. See ch. 13:15.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _recline not_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _bondservant_.] [Footnote a: More exactly, "a breakfast or a dinner." The two principal meals of the Jews answered to the present English breakfast (in the forenoon and often near noon), and dinner (at or after dark); and so in our cities. In the time of King James, as in many of our country homes now, the meal towards noon answered to dinner, and the night meal to supper. Hence a certain confusion in the older and more recent English versions. In verses 16, 17 the right word would be dinner, according to city usage, and so elsewhere.] § 115. GREAT CROWDS FOLLOW HIM, AND HE WARNS THEM TO COUNT THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP TO HIM (COMP. §§ 70 and 83) Probably in Perea Luke 14:25-35 25 Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said 26 unto them, If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot 28 be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have _wherewith_ 29 to complete it? Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is 30 not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, saying, 31 This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to 32 meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, 33 and asketh conditions of peace. So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my 34 disciple. Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost 35 its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: _men_ cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. § 116. THE PHARISEES AND THE SCRIBES MURMUR AGAINST JESUS FOR RECEIVING SINNERS. HE DEFENDS HIMSELF BY THREE GREAT PARABLES (THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, THE LOST SON) Probably in Perea Luke 15:1-32