Luke 14

1 It happened one Sabbath, when he went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat bread, that they were watching him closely.

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 Behold, there in front of him was a man who was suffering from edema.

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

3 Jesus asked the experts in the Jewish law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal 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 kept silent. So Jesus took hold of him, healed him, and sent him away.

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

5 He said to them, “Which of you who has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

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 They were not able to give an answer to these things.

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

7 When Jesus noticed how those who were invited chose the seats of honor, he spoke a parable, 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 you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the place of honor, because someone may have been invited who is more honored than you.

'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 When the person who invited both of you arrives, he will say to you, 'Give this other person your place,' and then in shame you will proceed 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 you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

'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 everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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

12 Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, as they may also invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

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 you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

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

14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the just.”

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 When one of them who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will 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 But Jesus said to him, “A certain man prepared a large dinner and invited many.

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

17 When the dinner was prepared, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is 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 They all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

'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 Another said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.'

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

20 Then another man 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 The servant came and told his master these things. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, 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 The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and yet there is still room.'

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

23 The master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges and compel 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, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'”

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

25 Now large crowds 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 anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, 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 does not carry his own cross and come after 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 who desires to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost to calculate if he has what he needs to complete 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 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock 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, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take advice about whether he is able with ten thousand men to fight the other king who comes against him with twenty thousand men?

'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 If not, while the other army is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for 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 therefore, any one of you who does not give up all that he has 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 is good, but if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again?

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

35 It is of no use for the soil or even for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, 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.'