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,
It happened one Sabbath, when he went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat bread, that they were watching him closely.
2 a man who had a dropsy stood before him.
Behold, there in front of him was a man who was suffering from edema.
3 Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?
Jesus asked the experts in the Jewish law and the Pharisees, “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 kept silent. So Jesus took hold of him, healed him, and sent him away.
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?
He said to them, “Which of you who has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
6 And to this they were not able to make him a reply.
They were not able to give an answer to these things.
7 Observing how eager the guests were to possess the higher places at the table, he gave them this injunction,
When Jesus noticed how those who were invited chose the seats of honor, he spoke a parable, saying to 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 you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the place of honor, because someone may have been invited who is more honored than you.
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.
When the person who invited both of you arrives, he will say to you, 'Give this other person your place,' and then in shame you will proceed 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 you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 For whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself, shall be exalted.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 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.
Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, as they may also invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
13 But when you give an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and 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 you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid 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.
When one of them who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
16 Jesus said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
But Jesus said to him, “A certain man prepared a large dinner and invited 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.
When the dinner was prepared, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is 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.
They all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'
19 Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused.
Another said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.'
20 A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.
Then another man 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.
The servant came and told his master these things. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
22 Afterward, the servant said, Sir, your orders are executed, and still there is room.
The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and yet there is still 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:
The master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges and compel 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 to you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'”
25 As great multitudes traveled along with him, he turned to them, and said,
Now large crowds were going with him, and he turned and said to 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 anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 And whosoever does not follow me, carrying his cross, can not be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry 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 who desires to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost to calculate if he has what he needs to complete it?
29 lest, having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish, he become the derision of all who see it;
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will 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 goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take advice about whether he is able with ten thousand men to fight the other king who comes against him with twenty thousand men?
32 that if he can not, he may, while the other is at a distance, send an embassy to sue for peace.
If not, while the other army is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for 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, any one of you who does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt is good; but if the salt become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned?
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again?
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 of no use for the soil or even for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
