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 lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

a man who had a dropsy stood before him.

3 and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 'Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

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 shall an ass 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 unto these things.

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

7 And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

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

8 'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou 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 did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

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 thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

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 every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

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

12 And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

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 thou mayest 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 happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again 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 reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, 'Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign 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 supper, 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 supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things 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 they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, 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, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, 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, A wife I married, 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 to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

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, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

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

23 'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to 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 shall taste of my supper.'

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 unto them,

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

26 'If any one doth come unto me, and doth 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 doth not bear 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, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have 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, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

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 an embassy, he doth ask 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, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, 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 doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

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

35 neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. 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.