Luke 14

1 And it came to pass, when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

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,

2 And lo! there was a certain man before him, who had the dropsy.

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

3 And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not?

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

4 But they were silent. And taking hold of him, he cured him, and sent him away.

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

5 And he answered them and said, Who is there of you, who, if his son or his ox fall into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?

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?'

6 And they could make no answer to this.

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

7 And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them,

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

8 When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not take the highest place, lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him;

'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,

9 and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou wilt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

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.

10 But when thou art invited, go and recline in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then wilt thou have honor in the presence of all who are at table with thee.

'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;

11 For every one that exalteth himself will be humbled; and he that humbleth himself will be exalted.

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

12 And he said also to him who invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they too invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

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;

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

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

14 and thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.

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.'

15 And one of those who were at table with him, hearing this, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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;'

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

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

17 And at the hour of supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for things are now ready.

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.

18 And all with one accord began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and must needs go out and see it; I pray that I may be excused.

'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.

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going out to try them; I pray that I may be excused.

'And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

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

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

21 And the servant came, and reported 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 maimed, the blind, and the lame.

'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.

22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command hath been done, and yet there is room.

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

23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

'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;

24 For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

25 And great multitudes were going with him; and he turned and said to them,

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

26 If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

'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;

27 Whoever doth not bear his own cross and follow me, cannot be my disciple.

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

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, doth not sit down first and count the cost, whether he hath the means to finish it?

'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?

29 lest haply when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to make sport of him,

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock 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, setting out to give battle to another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

'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?

32 Else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and asketh conditions of peace.

and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

33 So likewise, whoever of you doth not forsake all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

34 Salt then is good; but if the salt itself have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

'The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

35 It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill; men cast it out. He that hath ears, let him hear.

neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.'