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,

AND it was that while he went into the house of one of the chief Pharishee to eat bread, on the day of shabath, they watched him.

2 and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

And, behold, a certain man who had gathered waters was before him.

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

And Jeshu answered and said to the Sophree and the Pharishee, Is it lawful on the shabath to heal?

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

But they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, 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?'

And he said to them, Who from you, whose son or his ox hath fallen into a pit on the day of shabath, doth not at once bring him forth?

6 and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

And they could not give him the answer concerning this.

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

And he spoke a parable to them who had been invited there, forasmuch as he had observed them, that they chose the chief places of reclining:

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 thou art invited by one into the house of festivity, go not to recline on the principal seat, lest there be invited thither one more honourable than thou;

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 come who thyself and him had called, and say to thee, Give place to this; and thou be ashamed as thou arisest to take another 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 thou art invited, go, recline thee in the last (seat), that when he who called thee cometh, he may say to thee, My friend, ascend and recline above, and thou shalt have honour before all of them who recline with thee.

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

For every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and every one who humbleth 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;

And he said to him who had called him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, thou shouldest not call thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also call thee, and thou have this recompence.

13 but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

But when thou makest a feast, call 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 thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee; for thy recompence shall be in the resurrection of the just.

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;'

But when one of those who reclined heard these (words), he said to him, Blessed he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of Aloha!

16 and he said to him, 'A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

Jeshu saith to him, A certain man made a great supper, and called many. And he sent his servant,

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.

at the time of the supper, to say to them who were called, Behold, every thing is prepared for you, come.

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.

And every one of them began to excuse himself. The first said to him, I have bought an estate, and am constrained to go forth to see it: I beseech thee, permit me to be 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, Five yoke of oxen have I bought, and I go to prove them: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused.

20 and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

Another said, A wife have I taken, and therefore I cannot come.

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.

And the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry, and said to his servant, Go into the streets and outskirts of the city, and bring hither the poor, and the afflicted, and the lame, and the sightless.

22 'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

And the servant said, My lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is place.

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;

And the lord said to his servant, Go forth into the ways, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in, 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 tell you, that not one of those men who were called shall taste of my supper.

25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

AND while great multitudes were going with him, he turned and said to them,

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;

Whoever cometh with me, and doth not hate his father and his mother, and his brethren and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and himself also, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

And whoever doth not take up his cross and come after me, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

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 who of you that willeth to build a tower, and doth not first sit down and reckon the expense of it, whether he have (wherewith) to finish 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, when he shall have laid the foundation, and shall not be able to finish, all who see shall deride 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, 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 war with a king his neighbour, doth not first consider, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him who cometh 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.

and if not, while he is distant from him, he may send legates, and pray 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 every one of you who doth not leave all his possession, cannot be unto me a 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 also shall 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.'

Not for the earth, nor for the dunghill, it goeth. They cast it out. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.