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,
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2 a man who had a dropsy stood before him.
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3 Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 They being silent, he took hold of the man, healed and dismissed him.
But they were silent. 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?
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 And to this they were not able to make him a reply.
They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7 Observing how eager the guests were to possess the higher places at the table, he gave them this injunction,
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said 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 anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honourable than you might be invited by 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 who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would 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 you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honoured 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 whoever 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.
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbours, or perhaps they might also return the favour, and pay you back.
13 But when you give an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or 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 don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 One of the guests, hearing this, said to him, Happy be he who shall feast in the Reign of God.
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 Jesus said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17 And at supper time he sent his servants, to tell those who had been invited to come presently; for, that all was ready.
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
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 as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please 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.
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20 A third said, I have married a wife; and, therefore, I can not go.
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t 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.
“That 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22 Afterward, the servant said, Sir, your orders are executed, and still there is room.
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and 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 lord 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 tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25 As great multitudes traveled along with him, he turned to them, and said,
Now great multitudes were going with him. 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 doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
27 And whosoever does not follow me, carrying his cross, can not be my disciple.
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t 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, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 lest, having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish, he become the derision of all who see it;
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins 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 wasn’t 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 consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes 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 sends an envoy 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, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t 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 becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
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 soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
