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,

It happened on a Sabbath, when he was gone to eat at the house of one of the rulers, who was a Pharisee, that while the Pharisees were observing him,

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

a man who had a dropsy stood before him.

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

Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, 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;

They being silent, he took hold of the man, healed and dismissed him.

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?”

Then resuming his discourse, he said to them, Who, amongst you, if his ass or his ox fall 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 to this they were not able to make him a reply.

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

Observing how eager the guests were to possess the higher places at the table, he gave them this injunction,

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 occupy the highest place at table, lest one more considerable than you be bidden,

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 who invited you both, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and you should then rise with confusion, to take the lowest 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 to the lowest place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; for that will do you honor before the company.

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

For whoever 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;

He said also to him who had invited him, When you give a dinner, or a supper, do not invited your rich friends, brothers, cousins, or neighbors, lest they also invite you, in their turn, and you be recompensed.

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

But when you give an entertainment, 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 happy; for, as they have not the means to requite you, you shall be requited 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”;

One of the guests, hearing this, said to him, Happy be he who shall feast in the Reign of God.

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

Jesus 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 at supper time he sent his servants, to tell those who had been invited to come presently; for, that all 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.

But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; 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.

Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused.

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

A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not 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.

The servant being returned, related all to his master. Then the master of the house was angry, and said to his servants, Go immediately into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, 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.

Afterward, the servant said, Sir, your orders are executed, and still 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;

The master answered, Go out into the highways, and along the hedges, and compel people to come, 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 declare to you, that none of those who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

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

As great multitudes traveled along with him, he turned to them, and said,

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 brothers, and sisters; nay, and himself, too; 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 whosoever does not follow me, carrying his cross, 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, by himself, compute the expense, to know whether he have 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,

lest, having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish, he become the derision of all who see it;

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

who will say, This man began to build, but 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 engage another king, with whom he is at war, does not first consult, by himself, whether he can, with ten thousand men, encounter him 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.

that if he can not, he may, while the other is at a distance, send an embassy to sue for 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, whosoever he be of you, who does not renounce all that he has, he 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 insipid, with what 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 fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill, but is thrown away. Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.