Luke 14
1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
It happened on the Sabbath Day when he went into the house of a certain ruler among Pharisees to take a meal, that they were watching him.
2 Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.
And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.
3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?"
4 But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go.
5 And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"
6 And they were unable to answer these questions.
They could not answer this.
7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.
8 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,
9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
"‘Give place to this man,’ and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, ‘My friend, come up higher.’ Then you will be honored before the other guest.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.
13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
"Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."
15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."
16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. ‘I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.’
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
"The second said. ‘I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.’
20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. ‘Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.’
22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
"And the slave said, ‘My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.’
23 So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
"Said the master to his slave. ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
"‘For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.’"
25 Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,
30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
"‘This fellow began to build and could not finish.’
31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.
33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
"Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
"It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"
