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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus continues telling a parable. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parables]])
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 # servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, "See ... feast."'
 
-This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Also, this can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "servants, ordering them to tell those whom he invited, 'See ... feast.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"servants, ordering them to tell those whom he invited, 'See ... feast.'"
 
 # See
 
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 # My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed
 
-It is implied that the animals are cooked and ready to eat. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "My servants have killed and cooked my oxen and my fattened cattle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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-# My oxen and fattened cattle
-
-"My best oxen and calves for eating"
+"My servants have killed and cooked my oxen and my fattened cattle"