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 happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.

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

And behold, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema.

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

And responding, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?”

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

But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.

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 responding to them, he said, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?”

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

And they were unable to respond to him about these things.

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

Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying 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 to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself 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 then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would 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, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together 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 shall be humbled, and whoever 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 also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.

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

But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, 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 because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in 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”;

When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”

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

So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he 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 the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was 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 at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to 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.

And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’

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

And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’

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 returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’

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

And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, 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;

And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.

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

For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’”

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

Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he 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, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to 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, is not able to 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 who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means 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, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,

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

saying: ‘This man began to build what he 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, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes 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.

If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him 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.

Therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to 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 has lost its flavor, 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 useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”