Luke 14
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.
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 And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.
And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?"
4 But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.
They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go.
5 And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?
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 could not answer him to these things.
They could not answer this.
7 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.
8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:
"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 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
"‘Give place to this man,’ and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.
10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
"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 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
12 And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
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 thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.
"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 them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread 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 he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
17 And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.
"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 And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.
"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 And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 hither the poor, and the feeble, and 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 And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
"And the slave said, ‘My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.’
23 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.
"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 But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
"‘For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.’"
25 And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:
Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, 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 whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish 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 Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock 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 began to build, and was not able to finish.
"‘This fellow began to build and could not finish.’
31 Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?
"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 Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions 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 So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, 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 shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
"Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath 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!"
