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Lukas 14:15-29 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

15. And when a certain one of those reclining at tish with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard these things, he said to him, Ashrey is he who will eat lechem in the Malchut Hashem! [YESHAYAH 25:6]

16. But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, A certain man was preparing a big seudah, and he invited many;

17. And at the dinner hour, he sent his eved to say to the seudah invitees, Come, because everything is ready now.

18. But each began to come up with a teretz (excuse). The rishon (first) said to him, I bought a sadeh (field) and I am compelled to go out and look at it. Please be mekabel (receive, accept) my teretz.

19. And another said, I have bought chamesh pair of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please be mekabel my teretz (excuse).

20. And another said, I took a wife and therefore I am not able to come.

21. And the eved returned and reported this to his Adon. Then the Baal Bayit became angry and said to his eved, Go out quickly into the rekhovot (streets) and lanes of the shtetl and bring in here the aniyim (the poor) and the baalei hamum (the maimed) and the ivrim (blind) and the pisechim (the lame).

22. And the eved said, Adoni, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.

23. And the Adon said to the eved, Go out to the rekhovot and along the boundaries and urge them to come in, in order that My Beis may be filled.

24. For I say to you that no one of those Bnei Adam who were invited will taste my seudah.

25. And large multitudes were accompanying him, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach turned and said to them,

26. If someone comes to me, and does not hate [hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach] his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life [in the Olam Hazeh], he is not able to be my [Moshiach's] talmid.

27. Whoever does not carry his own etz [of self denial] and come after me [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] is not able to be my [Moshiach's] talmid.

28. For who among you, wanting to build a migdal (tower), will not first sit down and rechen (calculate) the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

29. Otherwise, having laid his yesod (foundation) and not being able to finish it, everyone seeing it may begin to make leitzonus (fun, mockery) of him,

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