14One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.G2532G1096G1722G846G2064G1519G3624G5100G758G5330G5315G740G4521G2532G846G2258G3906G8462There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.G2532G2400G2258G5100G444G1715G846G52033Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"G2532G2424G611G2036G4314G3544G2532G5330G3004G1487G1832G2323G45214But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.G1161G2270G2532G1949G2390G846G2532G6305Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?"G2532G611G4314G846G2036G5101G5216G3688G2228G1016G1706G1519G5421G2532G385G3756G2112G385G846G385G1722G4521G22506And they had nothing to say.G2532G2480G3756G470G846G470G4314G50237When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:G1161G3004G3850G4314G2564G1907G4459G1586G4411G3004G4314G8468"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.G3752G2564G5259G5100G1519G1062G2625G3361G2625G1519G4411G3379G1784G4675G5600G2564G5259G8469If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.G2532G2564G4571G2532G846G2064G2046G4671G1325G5129G5117G2532G5119G756G3326G152G2722G2078G511710But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests.G235G3752G2564G4198G377G1519G2078G5117G2443G3752G2564G4571G2064G2036G4671G5384G4320G511G5119G4671G2071G1391G1799G4873G467111For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G2532G5013G1438G531212Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.G1161G3004G2532G2564G846G3752G4160G712G2228G1173G5455G3361G4675G5384G3366G4675G80G3366G4675G4773G3366G4145G1069G3379G846G2532G479G4571G479G2532G468G1096G467113But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,G235G3752G4160G1403G2564G4434G376G5560G518514and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."G2532G2071G3107G3754G3756G2192G467G4671G1063G4671G467G1722G386G134215When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."G1161G5100G4873G191G5023G2036G846G3107G3739G5315G740G1722G932G231616Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.G1161G2036G846G5100G444G4160G3173G1173G2532G2564G418317At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'G2532G649G846G1401G1173G5610G2036G2564G2064G3754G3956G2076G2235G209218"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'G2532G3956G575G3391G756G3868G4413G2036G846G59G68G2532G2192G318G1831G2532G1492G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386819"Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'G2532G2087G2036G59G4002G2201G1016G2532G4198G1381G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386820"Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'G2532G2087G2036G1060G1135G2532G1223G5124G3756G1410G206421"The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'G2532G1565G1401G3854G518G846G2962G5023G5119G3617G3710G2036G846G1401G1831G5030G1519G4113G2532G4505G4172G2532G1521G5602G4434G2532G376G2532G5560G2532G518522"'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'G2532G1401G2036G2962G1096G5613G2004G2532G2089G2076G511723"Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.G2532G2962G2036G4314G1401G1831G1519G3598G2532G5418G2532G315G1525G2443G3450G3624G107224I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"G1063G3004G5213G3754G3762G1565G435G3588G2564G1089G3450G117325Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:G1161G4848G4183G3793G846G2532G4762G2036G4314G84626"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple.G1536G2064G4314G3165G2532G3404G3756G1438G3962G2532G3384G2532G1135G2532G5043G2532G80G2532G79G2089G1161G1438G5590G2532G3756G1410G1511G3450G310127And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.G2532G3748G941G3756G941G846G4716G2532G2064G3694G3450G3756G1410G1511G3450G310128"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?G1063G5101G1537G5216G2309G3618G4444G2523G3780G2523G4412G5585G1160G1487G2192G4314G53529For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,G3363G3379G846G5087G2310G2532G2480G3361G2480G1615G3956G2334G756G1702G84630saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'G3004G3754G3778G444G756G3618G2532G2480G3756G2480G161531"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?G2228G5101G935G4198G4820G4171G1519G2087G935G2523G3780G2523G4412G1011G1487G2076G1415G1722G1176G5505G528G2064G1909G846G3326G1501G550532If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.G1490G846G5607G2089G4206G649G4242G2065G4314G151533In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.G3779G3767G3956G1537G5216G3739G657G3756G3956G5224G1438G3756G1410G1511G3450G310134"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?G217G2570G1161G1437G217G3471G1722G5101G74135It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."G2076G3777G2111G1519G1093G3777G1519G2874G906G846G1854G2192G3775G191G191