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1 anantaraM vizrAmavArE yIzau pradhAnasya phirUzinO gRhE bhOktuM gatavati tE taM vIkSitum ArEbhirE|

And it happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

2 tadA jalOdarI tasya sammukhE sthitaH|

And look, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

3 tataH sa vyavasthApakAn phirUzinazca papraccha, vizrAmavArE svAsthyaM karttavyaM na vA? tatastE kimapi na pratyUcuH|

Yeshua, answering, spoke to the Law scholars and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

4 tadA sa taM rOgiNaM svasthaM kRtvA visasarja;

But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 tAnuvAca ca yuSmAkaM kasyacid garddabhO vRSabhO vA cEd garttE patati tarhi vizrAmavArE tatkSaNaM sa kiM taM nOtthApayiSyati?

He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

6 tatastE kathAyA EtasyAH kimapi prativaktuM na zEkuH|

But they could make no reply to this.

7 aparanjca pradhAnasthAnamanOnItatvakaraNaM vilOkya sa nimantritAn EtadupadEzakathAM jagAda,

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

8 tvaM vivAhAdibhOjyESu nimantritaH san pradhAnasthAnE mOpAvEkSIH| tvattO gauravAnvitanimantritajana AyAtE

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

9 nimantrayitAgatya manuSyAyaitasmai sthAnaM dEhIti vAkyaM cEd vakSyati tarhi tvaM sagkucitO bhUtvA sthAna itarasmin upavESTum udyaMsyasi|

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

10 asmAt kAraNAdEva tvaM nimantritO gatvA'pradhAnasthAna upaviza, tatO nimantrayitAgatya vadiSyati, hE bandhO prOccasthAnaM gatvOpaviza, tathA sati bhOjanOpaviSTAnAM sakalAnAM sAkSAt tvaM mAnyO bhaviSyasi|

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

11 yaH kazcit svamunnamayati sa namayiSyatE, kintu yaH kazcit svaM namayati sa unnamayiSyatE|

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

12 tadA sa nimantrayitAraM janamapi jagAda, madhyAhnE rAtrau vA bhOjyE kRtE nijabandhugaNO vA bhrAtRgaNO vA jnjAtigaNO vA dhanigaNO vA samIpavAsigaNO vA EtAn na nimantraya, tathA kRtE cEt tE tvAM nimantrayiSyanti, tarhi parizOdhO bhaviSyati|

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

13 kintu yadA bhEjyaM karOSi tadA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn nimantraya,

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

14 tata AziSaM lapsyasE, tESu parizOdhaM karttumazaknuvatsu zmazAnAddhArmmikAnAmutthAnakAlE tvaM phalAM lapsyasE|

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

15 anantaraM tAM kathAM nizamya bhOjanOpaviSTaH kazcit kathayAmAsa, yO jana Izvarasya rAjyE bhOktuM lapsyatE saEva dhanyaH|

Now when one of those who were reclining with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will eat bread in the Kingdom of God."

16 tataH sa uvAca, kazcit janO rAtrau bhEjyaM kRtvA bahUn nimantrayAmAsa|

But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

17 tatO bhOjanasamayE nimantritalOkAn AhvAtuM dAsadvArA kathayAmAsa, khadyadravyANi sarvvANi samAsAditAni santi, yUyamAgacchata|

And he sent his servant at the hour for supper to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

18 kintu tE sarvva EkaikaM chalaM kRtvA kSamAM prArthayAnjcakrirE| prathamO janaH kathayAmAsa, kSEtramEkaM krItavAnahaM tadEva draSTuM mayA gantavyam, ataEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

19 anyO janaH kathayAmAsa, dazavRSAnahaM krItavAn tAn parIkSituM yAmi tasmAdEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|

"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

20 aparaH kathayAmAsa, vyUPhavAnahaM tasmAt kAraNAd yAtuM na zaknOmi|

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

21 pazcAt sa dAsO gatvA nijaprabhOH sAkSAt sarvvavRttAntaM nivEdayAmAsa, tatOsau gRhapatiH kupitvA svadAsaM vyAjahAra, tvaM satvaraM nagarasya sannivEzAn mArgAMzca gatvA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn atrAnaya|

"That servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

22 tatO dAsO'vadat, hE prabhO bhavata AjnjAnusArENAkriyata tathApi sthAnamasti|

"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

23 tadA prabhuH puna rdAsAyAkathayat, rAjapathAn vRkSamUlAni ca yAtvA madIyagRhapUraNArthaM lOkAnAgantuM pravarttaya|

"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.

24 ahaM yuSmabhyaM kathayAmi, pUrvvanimantritAnamEkOpi mamAsya rAtribhOjyasyAsvAdaM na prApsyati|

For I tell you that none of those individuals who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

25 anantaraM bahuSu lOkESu yIzOH pazcAd vrajitESu satsu sa vyAghuTya tEbhyaH kathayAmAsa,

Now large crowds were going with him. He turned and said to them,

26 yaH kazcin mama samIpam Agatya svasya mAtA pitA patnI santAnA bhrAtarO bhagimyO nijaprANAzca, EtEbhyaH sarvvEbhyO mayyadhikaM prEma na karOti, sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 yaH kazcit svIyaM kruzaM vahan mama pazcAnna gacchati, sOpi mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 durganirmmANE kativyayO bhaviSyati, tathA tasya samAptikaraNArthaM sampattirasti na vA, prathamamupavizya Etanna gaNayati, yuSmAkaM madhya EtAdRzaH kOsti?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 nOcEd bhittiM kRtvA zESE yadi samApayituM na zakSyati,

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

30 tarhi mAnuSOyaM nicEtum Arabhata samApayituM nAzaknOt, iti vyAhRtya sarvvE tamupahasiSyanti|

saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'

31 aparanjca bhinnabhUpatinA saha yuddhaM karttum udyamya dazasahasrANi sainyAni gRhItvA viMzatisahasrEH sainyaiH sahitasya samIpavAsinaH sammukhaM yAtuM zakSyAmi na vEti prathamaM upavizya na vicArayati EtAdRzO bhUmipatiH kaH?

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 yadi na zaknOti tarhi ripAvatidUrE tiSThati sati nijadUtaM prESya sandhiM karttuM prArthayEta|

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

33 tadvad yuSmAkaM madhyE yaH kazcin madarthaM sarvvasvaM hAtuM na zaknOti sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|

So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

34 lavaNam uttamam iti satyaM, kintu yadi lavaNasya lavaNatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaM svAduyuktaM bhaviSyati?

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

35 tada bhUmyartham AlavAlarAzyarthamapi bhadraM na bhavati; lOkAstad bahiH kSipanti|yasya zrOtuM zrOtrE staH sa zRNOtu|

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."