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,
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
2 and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;
Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.
3 and Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
4 And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He healed him, and let [him] go;
But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
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 asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
6 And they were not able to answer Him again to these things.
And they were unable to answer these questions.
7 And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
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 to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
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.
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.
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 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.
11 because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will 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 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.
13 but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and 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 will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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”;
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.”
16 and He said to him, “A certain man made a great dinner, and called many,
But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
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.
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is 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.
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.’
19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot 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.
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.’
22 And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.
‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still 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;
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.
24 for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
25 And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,
Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, 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 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.
27 and whoever does not carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to be My disciple.
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot 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?
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?
29 Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
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 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?
32 And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms 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.
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot 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 loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
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 the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
