Luke 14
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v1
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
v2
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
v3
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, โIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?โ
v4
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
v5
He answered them, โWhich of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldnโt immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?โ
v6
They couldnโt answer him regarding these things.
v7
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
v8
โWhen you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, donโt sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
v9
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, โMake room for this person.โ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
v10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, โFriend, move up higher.โ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
v11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.โ
v12
He also said to the one who had invited him, โWhen you make a dinner or a supper, donโt call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
v13
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
v14
and you will be blessed, because they donโt have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.โ
v15
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, โBlessed is he who will feast in Godโs Kingdom!โ
v16
But he said to him, โA certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
v17
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, โCome, for everything is ready now.โ
v18
They all as one began to make excuses. โThe first said to him, โI have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.โ
v19
โAnother said, โI have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.โ
v20
โAnother said, โI have married a wife, and therefore I canโt come.โ
v21
โThat servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, โGo out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.โ
v22
โThe servant said, โLord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.โ
v23
โThe lord said to the servant, โGo out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.โโ
v25
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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โIf anyone comes to me, and doesnโt disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he canโt be my disciple.
v27
Whoever doesnโt bear his own cross, and come after me, canโt be my disciple.
v28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesnโt first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
v29
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
v30
saying, โThis man began to build, and wasnโt able to finish.โ
v31
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?
v32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
v33
So therefore whoever of you who doesnโt renounce all that he has, he canโt be my disciple.
v34
Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
v35
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.โ