Luke 14

1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

And it occurred, that, as he entered the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, on the sabbath day, they watched him.

2 Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

And lo, a dropsical man was before him.

3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

And Jews answered, and said to the Scribes and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

4 But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

And they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, 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?”

And he said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox fall into a pit on the sabbath day, doth not immediately lift and draw him out?

6 And they were unable to answer these questions.

And they could give him no answer to that.

7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches.

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 thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch; lest there should be invited there, one more honorable than thou;

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 that invited both him and thee come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch.

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 thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee.

11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will 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.

And he said to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense.

13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

But when thou makest a feast, 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 thou wilt be blessed. For they cannot recompense thee; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just.

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.”

And when one of those reclining heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom 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 the time for supper, he sent his servant to say to those invited: Lo, every thing is ready for you; come.

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.’

And they all to a man, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I have bought a field, and am constrained to go out and see it. I pray thee, allow me to be 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, and I go to inspect them. I pray thee, allow me to be excused.

20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

Another said: I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

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.’

And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry: and he said to his servant, Go out quickly into the market-places and streets of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the diseased, and the lame, and the blind.

22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

And the servant said: My lord, it is done as thou commandedst; 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.

And the lord said to his servant: Go out to the by-paths, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in; 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 not one of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

And when great multitudes were travelling with him, he turned himself, and said to them:

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.

He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.

27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.

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, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, 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, when he hath laid the foundation, and is unable to finish, all that see it begin to deride him;

30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

and say: This man began to build, and was unable 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, that is going to contend in battle with his neighbor king, doth not first consider, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming 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.

and if not; while he is yet far from him, he sendeth envoys, and sueth for peace.

33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

So every one of you who doth not give up all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

Salt is a good thing: but if the salt itself hath become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted?

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 for neither the earth, nor the dunghill. They cast it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.