Luke 14
A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath
1
Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the
rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath,
that they watched Him closely.
2 And
behold, there was a certain man before Him who had
dropsy. 3
And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and
Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath?”
4 But
they kept silent. And He took him and healed him,
and let him go.
5 Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you,
having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit,
will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
6 And
they could not answer Him regarding these things.
Take the Lowly Place
7
So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He
noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:
8 “When
you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit
down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you
be invited by him;
9 and he
who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place
to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the
lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in
the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes
he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will
have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table
with you. 11
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 Then
He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a
dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your
brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they
also invite you back, and you be repaid.
13 But
when you give a feast, invite the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 And
you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for
you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
The Parable of the Great Supper
15
Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him
heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is
he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
16 Then
He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and
invited many,
17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to
those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now
ready.’ 18
But they all with one accord began to make
excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece
of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have
me excused.’ 19
And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and
I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’
20 Still
another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I
cannot come.’
21 So that servant came and reported these things
to his master. 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 here the
poor and the maimed and the lame and
the blind.’
22 And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as
you commanded, and still there is room.’
23 Then
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.
24 For I
say to you that none of those men who were invited shall
taste my supper.’”Leaving All to Follow
Christ
25
Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and
said to them,
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his
father and mother, wife and children, brothers and
sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My
disciple. 27
And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple.
28 For
which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit
down first and count the cost, whether he has enough
to finish it—
29 lest,
after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to
finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
30
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to
finish’? 31
Or what king, going to make war against another king,
does not sit down first and consider whether he is able
with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with
twenty thousand?
32 Or
else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends
a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
33 So
likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he
has cannot be My disciple.Tasteless Salt Is
Worthless
34
“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its
flavor, how shall it be seasoned?
35 It is
neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but
men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!”
