Luke 14

1 And it came to pass, on His going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him,

And it came to pass, that he went, on the sabbath-day, into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees, to eat bread; and they watched him.

2 and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;

And behold, there was a man before him, who had the dropsy.

3 and Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath-day?

4 And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He healed him, and let [him] go;

But they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 and answering them He said, “Of which of you will a donkey or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the Sabbath day?”

And he answered and said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox should fall into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?

6 And they were not able to answer Him again to these things.

And they were not able to give him an answer to these things.

7 And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,

And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them:

8 “When you may be called by anyone to wedding feasts, you may not recline on the first couch, lest [one] more honorable than you may have been called by him,

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

9 and he who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.

and he that invited you and him, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and then you shall begin with shame to take the last place.

10 But when you may be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called you may come, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; then you will have glory before those dining with you;

But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.

11 because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”

For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

12 And He also said to him who called Him, “When you may make an early meal or a dinner, do not be calling your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they may also call you again, and a repayment may come to you;

Then he said also to him that had invited him: When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and a recompense be made you.

13 but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

14 and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”

and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

15 And one of those dining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed [is] he who will eat bread in the Kingdom of God”;

And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, after hearing these things, said to him: Blessed is he who shall cat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 and He said to him, “A certain man made a great dinner, and called many,

And he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17 and he sent his servant at the hour of the dinner to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now all things are ready.

And he sent his servant at the hour of supper, to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

18 And all began with one [voice] to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of you, have me excused.

And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must go and see it; I pray you, have me excused.

19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them; I pray you, have me excused.

20 And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

21 And that servant having come, told these things to his lord, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in here.

And that servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house was angry, and said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed, the lame and the blind.

22 And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said to the servant, Go forth into the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

And the lord said to his servant, Go out into the roads, and among the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be full.

24 for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”

For I say to you, that not one of those men who have been invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,

And many multitudes were journeying with him; and he turned and said to them:

26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple;

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

27 and whoever does not carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to be My disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

28 For who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has the means to finish it?

29 Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

Lest, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all that see it begin to deride him,

30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

Or, what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and deliberate whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming; against him with twenty thousand?

32 And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.

And if not, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace.

33 So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.

So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

34 The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

Salt is good; but if the salt become tasteless, by what means shall it become salt again?

35 It is neither fit for land nor for manure—they cast it outside. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”

It is fit neither for earth, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.