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, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

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

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

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

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

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

And they held their peace. 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 answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

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

And they could not answer him again 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 put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto 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 thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of 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 bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

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 thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

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

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth 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 said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

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

But when thou makest a feast, call 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 thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed 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 when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade 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 sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, 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 unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee 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 go to prove them: I pray thee 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 therefore 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.

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, 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 thou hast 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 unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, 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 say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto 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 man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, 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 whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after 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?

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient 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 haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock 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, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh 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.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth 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 likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he 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 have lost his savour, wherewith shall 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 neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.