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10 You and your sons and servants are to farm the land for him to produce food for your master’s household.[a] But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will eat here at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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  1. 9:10 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads your master’s grandson.

10 You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson(A) may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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“Don’t be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king’s table!”

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“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.(A) I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.(B)

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28 All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”

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28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death(A) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.(B) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

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Parable of the Great Feast

15 Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet[a] in the Kingdom of God!”

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  1. 14:15 Greek to eat bread.

The Parable of the Great Banquet(A)

15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast(B) in the kingdom of God.”(C)

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29 He supplied Jehoiachin with new clothes to replace his prison garb and allowed him to dine in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

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29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(A)

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11 Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David’s table,[a] like one of the king’s own sons.

12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. From then on, all the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants. 13 And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king’s table.

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  1. 9:11 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads my table.

11 Then Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s[a] table like one of the king’s sons.(A)

12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba’s household were servants of Mephibosheth.(B) 13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.

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  1. 2 Samuel 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my