Luke 14
14On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.G2532G1096G1722G846G2064G1519G3624G5100G758G5330G5315G740G4521G2532G846G2258G3906G8462Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy.G2532G2400G2258G5100G444G1715G846G52033And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?"G2532G2424G611G2036G4314G3544G2532G5330G3004G1487G1832G2323G45214But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him, and sent him away.G1161G2270G2532G1949G2390G846G2532G6305Then he said to them, "If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a sabbath day?"G2532G611G4314G846G2036G5101G5216G3688G2228G1016G1706G1519G5421G2532G385G3756G2112G385G846G385G1722G4521G22506And they could not reply to this.G2532G2480G3756G470G846G470G4314G50237When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable.G1161G3004G3850G4314G2564G1907G4459G1586G4411G3004G4314G8468"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host;G3752G2564G5259G5100G1519G1062G2625G3361G2625G1519G4411G3379G1784G4675G5600G2564G5259G8469and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place.G2532G2564G4571G2532G846G2064G2046G4671G1325G5129G5117G2532G5119G756G3326G152G2722G2078G511710But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.G235G3752G2564G4198G377G1519G2078G5117G2443G3752G2564G4571G2064G2036G4671G5384G4320G511G5119G4671G2071G1391G1799G4873G467111For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G2532G5013G1438G531212He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.G1161G3004G2532G2564G846G3752G4160G712G2228G1173G5455G3361G4675G5384G3366G4675G80G3366G4675G4773G3366G4145G1069G3379G846G2532G479G4571G479G2532G468G1096G467113But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.G235G3752G4160G1403G2564G4434G376G5560G518514And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."G2532G2071G3107G3754G3756G2192G467G4671G1063G4671G467G1722G386G134215One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, "Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"G1161G5100G4873G191G5023G2036G846G3107G3739G5315G740G1722G932G231616Then Jesus said to him, "Someone gave a great dinner and invited many.G1161G2036G846G5100G444G4160G3173G1173G2532G2564G418317At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'G2532G649G846G1401G1173G5610G2036G2564G2064G3754G3956G2076G2235G209218But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.'G2532G3956G575G3391G756G3868G4413G2036G846G59G68G2532G2192G318G1831G2532G1492G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386819Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.'G2532G2087G2036G59G4002G2201G1016G2532G4198G1381G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386820Another said, 'I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.'G2532G2087G2036G1060G1135G2532G1223G5124G3756G1410G206421So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'G2532G1565G1401G3854G518G846G2962G5023G5119G3617G3710G2036G846G1401G1831G5030G1519G4113G2532G4505G4172G2532G1521G5602G4434G2532G376G2532G5560G2532G518522And the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'G2532G1401G2036G2962G1096G5613G2004G2532G2089G2076G511723Then the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.G2532G2962G2036G4314G1401G1831G1519G3598G2532G5418G2532G315G1525G2443G3450G3624G107224For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.'"G1063G3004G5213G3754G3762G1565G435G3588G2564G1089G3450G117325Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them,G1161G4848G4183G3793G846G2532G4762G2036G4314G84626"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.G1536G2064G4314G3165G2532G3404G3756G1438G3962G2532G3384G2532G1135G2532G5043G2532G80G2532G79G2089G1161G1438G5590G2532G3756G1410G1511G3450G310127Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.G2532G3748G941G3756G941G846G4716G2532G2064G3694G3450G3756G1410G1511G3450G310128For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?G1063G5101G1537G5216G2309G3618G4444G2523G3780G2523G4412G5585G1160G1487G2192G4314G53529Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,G3363G3379G846G5087G2310G2532G2480G3361G2480G1615G3956G2334G756G1702G84630saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'G3004G3754G3778G444G756G3618G2532G2480G3756G2480G161531Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?G2228G5101G935G4198G4820G4171G1519G2087G935G2523G3780G2523G4412G1011G1487G2076G1415G1722G1176G5505G528G2064G1909G846G3326G1501G550532If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.G1490G846G5607G2089G4206G649G4242G2065G4314G151533So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.G3779G3767G3956G1537G5216G3739G657G3756G3956G5224G1438G3756G1410G1511G3450G310134"Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?G217G2570G1161G1437G217G3471G1722G5101G74135It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"G2076G3777G2111G1519G1093G3777G1519G2874G906G846G1854G2192G3775G191G191
Columbus, OH
