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.
On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
2 And behold a man certain there was with dropsy before Him.
There he saw before him a man who was suffering from 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)
“Is it allowable,” said Jesus, addressing the Students of the Law and the Pharisees, “to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?”
4 But they were silent. And having taken hold [of him] He healed him and let [him] go.
They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.
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 he said to them: “Which of you, finding that his son or his ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath Day?”
6 And not they were able to reply (to him *k) to these things.
And they could not make any answer to that.
7 He was speaking then to those invited a parable remarking how the first places they were choosing out, saying to them;
Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable —
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 wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place, for fear that some one of higher rank should have been invited by your host;
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.
and he who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this man,’ and then you will begin in confusion 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.
No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honoured in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
11 For everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and the [one] humbling himself will be exalted.
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 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.
Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbours, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
13 But when a feast you may make do call [the] poor, [the] crippled, [the] lame, [the] blind.
No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, 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.
and then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good.”
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 the guests heard what he said and exclaimed: “Happy will he be who shall 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;
But Jesus said to him: “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,
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)
and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is 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.
They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider 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 next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;
20 And another said; A wife I have married and because of this not I am able to come.
while the next said ‘I am just married, 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.
On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’
22 And said the servant; Sir, it has been done (as *N+kO) you did command, and still room there is.
Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still 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.
‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people 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 all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
25 Were going with then Him crowds great. and having turned He said to them;
One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them:
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 man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no 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 walk in my steps, can be no 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?
Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough 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
For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,
30 saying that This man began to build and not he was able to finish.
and say ‘Here is a man who began to build and was not able to 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, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 lest then except indeed still of him far off being an embassy having sent he asks for peace.
And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms 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.
And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
34 Good [is] (therefore *NO) the salt; if however (even *no) the salt shall become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what shall be used to season it?
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 not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. Men throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with hear!”
