Luke 14
1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
It happened on a Sabbath, when he was gone to eat at the house of one of the rulers, who was a Pharisee, that while the Pharisees were observing him,
2 Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.
a man who had a dropsy stood before him.
3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?
4 But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
They being silent, he took hold of the man, healed and dismissed him.
5 And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
Then resuming his discourse, he said to them, Who, amongst you, if his ass or his ox fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?
6 And they were unable to answer these questions.
And to this they were not able to make him a reply.
7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
Observing how eager the guests were to possess the higher places at the table, he gave them this injunction,
8 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
When you are invited to a wedding, do not occupy the highest place at table, lest one more considerable than you be bidden,
9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
and he who invited you both, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and you should then rise with confusion, to take the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
But when you are invited, go to the lowest place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; for that will do you honor before the company.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
For whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself, shall be exalted.
12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
He said also to him who had invited him, When you give a dinner, or a supper, do not invited your rich friends, brothers, cousins, or neighbors, lest they also invite you, in their turn, and you be recompensed.
13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
But when you give an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;
14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
and you shall be happy; for, as they have not the means to requite you, you shall be requited at the resurrection of the righteous.
15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
One of the guests, hearing this, said to him, Happy be he who shall feast in the Reign of God.
16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
Jesus said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
And at supper time he sent his servants, to tell those who had been invited to come presently; for, that all was ready.
18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; I pray you have me excused.
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused.
20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.
21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
The servant being returned, related all to his master. Then the master of the house was angry, and said to his servants, Go immediately into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.
22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
Afterward, the servant said, Sir, your orders are executed, and still there is room.
23 So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
The master answered, Go out into the highways, and along the hedges, and compel people to come, that my house may be filled:
24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
for I declare to you, that none of those who were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
As great multitudes traveled along with him, he turned to them, and said,
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters; nay, and himself, too; he can not be my disciple.
27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
And whosoever does not follow me, carrying his cross, can not be my disciple.
28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first, by himself, compute the expense, to know whether he have the means to complete it;
29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
lest, having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish, he become the derision of all who see it;
30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
who will say, This man began to build, but was not able to finish.
31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Or what king, going to engage another king, with whom he is at war, does not first consult, by himself, whether he can, with ten thousand men, encounter him who comes against him with twenty thousand;
32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
that if he can not, he may, while the other is at a distance, send an embassy to sue for peace.
33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
So then, whosoever he be of you, who does not renounce all that he has, he can not be my disciple.
34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
Salt is good; but if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill, but is thrown away. Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
