Luke 14

1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

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

3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

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

5 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?”

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.

And they could not answer him again to these things.

7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,

8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him;

9 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.

And he that bade you and him come and say to you, Give this man place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest room.

10 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 honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

But when you are bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then shall you have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with you.

11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

12 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 neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

Then said he also to him that bade him, When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made you.

13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

14 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.”

And you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

15 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!”

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

Then said he to him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

17 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

18 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.’

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray you have me excused.

19 “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray you have me excused.

20 “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

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

21 “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.’

So that servant came, and showed 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 here the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

22 “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and yet there is room.

23 “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.

And 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 tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”

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

25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them,

26 “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.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 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?

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

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

31 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?

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador, and desires conditions of peace.

33 So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

So likewise, whoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

34 “Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be seasoned?

35 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.”

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.