Luke 14
1 And it came to pass on the going of Him into a house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread and they themselves were watching 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 a man certain there was with dropsy before Him.
And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.
3 And answering Jesus spoke to the lawyers and to [the] Pharisees saying; (if *k) Is it lawful on the Sabbath (to heal *N+kO) (or not? *NO)
So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?"
4 But they were silent. And having taken hold [of him] He healed him and let [him] go.
They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go.
5 And (answering *k) to them He said; Which of you (a son *N+KO) or an ox into a pit (will collapse, *N+kO) also surely immediately he will pull up him on day the Sabbath?
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 not they were able to reply (to him *k) to these things.
They could not answer this.
7 He was speaking then to those invited a parable remarking how the first places they were choosing out, 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 you may be invited by anyone to wedding feasts, not may recline in the first place, otherwise otherwise [one] more honorable than you may have been 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 having come the [one] you and him having invited he will say to you; do give to this one [your] place. and then you will begin with shame the last place to take.
"‘Give place to this man,’ and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.
10 But when you may be invited, having gone (do recline *N+kO) in the last place, so that when may come the [one] having invited you, (he will say *N+kO) to you; Friend, do come up higher. Then will be to you glory before (all *NO) those reclining [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 is exalting himself will be humbled, and the [one] humbling himself will be exalted.
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
12 He was saying then also to the [one] having invited Him; When you may make a dinner or a supper, not do call the friends of you nor [call] the brothers of you nor [call] the relatives of you nor [call] neighbours rich otherwise otherwise also they themselves may invite in return you and it may become recompense to you.
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 a feast you may make do call [the] poor, [the] crippled, [the] lame, [the] blind.
"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 and blessed you will be, because nothing they have to repay you; It will be recompensed for to you in 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 Having heard then one of those reclining with [Him] these things he said to Him; Blessed [is he] (who *N+kO) will eat (bread *NK+o) 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 man certain (was preparing *N+kO) a supper great and invited many;
Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
17 And he sent the servant of him at the hour of the supper to say to those invited; do come, for now ready [it] is (all things. *KO)
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 And began with one [voice] all to excuse themselves. The first said to him; A field I have bought and I have need (going out *N+kO) (and *k) to see it; I beg of you, do 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; Yoke of oxen I have bought five and I am going to prove them; I beg of you do 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; A wife I have married and because of this not I am able to come.
"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 And having come the servant (that *k) reported to the master of him these things. Then having become angry the master of the house said to the servant of him; do go out soon into the streets and lanes of the city, and the poor and crippled and blind and lame do bring in here.
"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 said the servant; Sir, it has been done (as *N+kO) you did command, and still room there is.
"And the slave said, ‘My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.’
23 And said the master to the servant; do go out into the highways and hedges and do compel [them] to come in so that may be filled of mine the house.
"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 I say for to you that not [one] of the men of those which invited will taste my supper (many for are called few but chosen. *O)
"‘For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.’"
25 Were going with then Him crowds great. and having turned He said to them;
Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
26 If anyone comes to Me and not he hates the father (of himself *NK+o) and the mother and the wife and the children and the brothers and the sisters yes (and *N+kO) even the life his own not he is able to 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 *ko) Whoever not carries the cross (of himself *NK+o) and comes after Me, not is able to be My disciple.
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 Which for of you (who *o) is desiring a tower to build not first he having sat down he counts the cost whether he has (for *N+kO) [its] completion?
"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 Thus otherwise otherwise [when] laying of it a foundation and not being able to finish all those seeing [it] may begin him to mock
"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 that This man began to build and not he was able to finish.
"‘This fellow began to build and could not finish.’
31 Or what king proceeding with another king to engage in war not having sat down first (will take counsel *N+kO) whether able he is with ten thousand (to meet *N+kO) the [one] with twenty thousand coming 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 lest then except indeed still of him far off being an embassy having sent he asks for 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 therefore every one of you who not does give up all his own possessions, not is able to be My disciple.
"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 Good [is] (therefore *NO) the salt; if however (even *no) the salt shall become tasteless, 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 Neither [is it] for soil nor for manure fit is it; out they cast it. The [one] having ears to hear he should 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!"
