Luke 14

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Jesus Heals a Man with Dropsy

¹One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

¹And it came to pass, in His going into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.

²Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

²And behold, there was a certain man with dropsy before Him.

³So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

³And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

⁴But they remained silent.

Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

⁴But they were silent. And having taken hold of him, He healed him and let him go.

⁵And He asked them, “Which of you whose son^a or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

⁵And He said to them, “Which of you whose son or ox will fall into a well will not also immediately pull him up on the day of the Sabbath?”

⁶And they were unable to answer these questions.

⁶And they were not able to reply to these things.

The Parable of the Guests

⁷When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

⁷And He was speaking a parable to those invited, remarking how they were choosing out the first places, saying to them,

⁸“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

⁸“When you are invited by anyone to the wedding feasts, do not recline in the first place, lest ever one more honorable than you may have been invited by him.

⁹Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

⁹And the one having invited you and him, having come, will say to you, ‘Give to this one the place,’ and then you should begin with shame to take the last place.

¹⁰But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’^a Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

¹⁰But when you are invited, having gone, recline in the last place, so that when the one having invited you might come, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’ Then glory will be to you before all those reclining with you.

¹¹For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹¹For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.”

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

¹²And also He was saying to the one having invited Him, “When you may make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest ever they should also invite you in return, and repayment be made to you.

¹³But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

¹³But when you may make a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

¹⁴and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

¹⁴and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”

The Parable of the Banquet

¹⁵When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in^a the kingdom of God.”

¹⁵And one of those reclining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”

¹⁶But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

¹⁶But He said to him, “A certain man was preparing a great supper, and he called many.

¹⁷When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

¹⁷And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, ‘Come, because now it is ready.’

¹⁸But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

¹⁸And all with one voice began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I have need of going out to see it. I ask you, have me excused.’

¹⁹Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

¹⁹And another said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I request of you, have me excused.’

²⁰Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

²⁰And another said, ‘I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.’

²¹The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

²¹And having come, the servant reported these things to his master. Then, having become angry, the master of the house said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

²²‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

²²And the servant said, ‘Lord, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.’

²³So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

²³And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the roads and hedges and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.

²⁴For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”

²⁴For I say to you that not one of those men having been called will taste my supper.’”

The Cost of Discipleship

²⁵Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

²⁵And great crowds were going with Him, and having turned, He said to them,

²⁶“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

²⁶“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and yes, even his life, he is not able to be My disciple.

²⁷And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

²⁷Whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me is not able to be My disciple.

²⁸Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

²⁸For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the cost, whether he has the things for its completion,

²⁹Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

²⁹lest ever, of him having laid its foundation and not being able to finish, all seeing it may begin to mock him,

³⁰saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

³⁰saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?

³¹Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

³¹Or what king proceeding to engage with another king in war will not, having sat down, first take counsel, whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

³²And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

³²And if not, in his being still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks for peace.

³³In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

³³So therefore, every one of you who does not take leave of all that he himself possesses is not able to be My disciple.

Good Salt

³⁴Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

³⁴Therefore the salt is good, but if even the salt should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

³⁵It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

³⁵It is fit neither for soil nor for manure; they cast it out. The one having ears to hear, let him hear.”