Luke 14

1 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,

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

2 a man who had a dropsy stood before him.

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

3 Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

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

But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 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?

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

6 And to this they were not able to make him a reply.

And they could not answer again unto these things.

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

And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

8 When you are invited to a wedding, do not occupy the highest place at table, lest one more considerable than you be bidden,

When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him,

9 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.

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 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.

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

11 For whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself, shall be exalted.

For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

12 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.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

13 But when you give an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

14 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.

and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

15 One of the guests, hearing this, said to him, Happy be he who shall feast in the Reign 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 Jesus said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

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

and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.

18 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.

And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

19 Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray 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 A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 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.

And the servant came, and told 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 maimed and blind and lame.

22 Afterward, the servant said, Sir, your orders are executed, and still there is room.

And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

23 The master answered, Go out into the highways, and along the hedges, and compel people to come, that my house may be filled:

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 for I declare to you, that none of those who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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

Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

26 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.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 And whosoever does not follow me, carrying his cross, can not be my disciple.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 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;

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have [wherewith] to complete it?

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

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

30 who will say, This man began to build, but was not able to finish.

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

31 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;

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32 that if he can not, he may, while the other is at a distance, send an embassy to sue for peace.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

33 So then, whosoever he be of you, who does not renounce all that he has, he can not be my disciple.

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34 Salt is good; but if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned?

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill, but is thrown away. Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: [men] cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.