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, when Jesus went to eat at the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees, the people there were watching him closely.

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

And behold, there in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

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

In response Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

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

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, 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?”

Then he said to them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath will not immediately pull him out?”

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

But they could give him no answer about these things.

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 were choosing the places of honor for themselves, 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 yoʋ are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, in case someone more honorable than yoʋ has been invited by yoʋr host.

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 you both, will come and say to yoʋ, ‘Give yoʋr place to this person.’ And with shame yoʋ will begin moving to the least important 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 yoʋ are invited, go recline in the least important place, so that, when yoʋr host comes, he will say to yoʋ, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then yoʋ will be honored in the presence of those who are reclining at the table with yoʋ.

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 he 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;

Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When yoʋ prepare a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite yoʋr friends, yoʋr brothers, yoʋr relatives, or yoʋr rich neighbors. If yoʋ do, they may invite yoʋ in return, and yoʋ will be repaid.

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

But when yoʋ prepare a banquet, invite the poor, the maimed, 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.”

Then yoʋ will be blessed. Since they do not have the means to repay yoʋ, yoʋ 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 the men reclining at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he 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,

Jesus said to him, “A 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.

At the 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 they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go out and see it. I ask yoʋ to 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, and I am on my way to try them out. I ask yoʋ to have me excused.’

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 woman, and for that reason 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 the servant came back and told these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in 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.

After the servant had done so, he said, ‘Master, it has been done as yoʋ commanded, 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 said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, 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 get a taste of my banquet.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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

Now large crowds were 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, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and 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 bear his own 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?

For which of you who wants to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see if he has what he needs 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,

For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who are looking on will 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, when he is going out to confront another king in battle, does not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the king who is coming against him with twenty thousand men?

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

If he is not able to do so, he sends a delegation while the other is still far away and asks 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.

So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions 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 salt loses its flavor, 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 soil nor for the manure pile, so it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”