14One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.G2532G1096G1722G846G2064G1519G3624G5100G758G5330G5315G740G4521G2532G846G2258G3906G8462There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.G2532G2400G2258G5100G444G1715G846G52033In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"G2532G2424G611G2036G4314G3544G2532G5330G3004G1487G1832G2323G45214But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.G1161G2270G2532G1949G2390G846G2532G6305And to them, He said, "Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"G2532G611G4314G846G2036G5101G5216G3688G2228G1016G1706G1519G5421G2532G385G3756G2112G385G846G385G1722G4521G22506To this they could find no answer.G2532G2480G3756G470G846G470G4314G50237He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:G1161G3004G3850G4314G2564G1907G4459G1586G4411G3004G4314G8468"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.G3752G2564G5259G5100G1519G1062G2625G3361G2625G1519G4411G3379G1784G4675G5600G2564G5259G8469The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.G2532G2564G4571G2532G846G2064G2046G4671G1325G5129G5117G2532G5119G756G3326G152G2722G2078G511710"But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.G235G3752G2564G4198G377G1519G2078G5117G2443G3752G2564G4571G2064G2036G4671G5384G4320G511G5119G4671G2071G1391G1799G4873G467111For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G2532G5013G1438G531212He also said to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.G1161G3004G2532G2564G846G3752G4160G712G2228G1173G5455G3361G4675G5384G3366G4675G80G3366G4675G4773G3366G4145G1069G3379G846G2532G479G4571G479G2532G468G1096G467113On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.G235G3752G4160G1403G2564G4434G376G5560G518514And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."G2532G2071G3107G3754G3756G2192G467G4671G1063G4671G467G1722G386G134215When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, "The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!"G1161G5100G4873G191G5023G2036G846G3107G3739G5315G740G1722G932G231616Then He told him: "A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.G1161G2036G846G5100G444G4160G3173G1173G2532G2564G418317At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'G2532G649G846G1401G1173G5610G2036G2564G2064G3754G3956G2076G2235G209218"But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.'G2532G3956G575G3391G756G3868G4413G2036G846G59G68G2532G2192G318G1831G2532G1492G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386819"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.'G2532G2087G2036G59G4002G2201G1016G2532G4198G1381G846G2065G4571G2192G3165G386820"And another said, 'I just got married, and therefore I'm unable to come.'G2532G2087G2036G1060G1135G2532G1223G5124G3756G1410G206421"So the slave came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his slave, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame!'G2532G1565G1401G3854G518G846G2962G5023G5119G3617G3710G2036G846G1401G1831G5030G1519G4113G2532G4505G4172G2532G1521G5602G4434G2532G376G2532G5560G2532G518522" 'Master,' the slave said, 'what you ordered has been done, and there's still room.'G2532G1401G2036G2962G1096G5613G2004G2532G2089G2076G511723"Then the master told the slave, 'Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.G2532G2962G2036G4314G1401G1831G1519G3598G2532G5418G2532G315G1525G2443G3450G3624G107224For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!'"G1063G3004G5213G3754G3762G1565G435G3588G2564G1089G3450G117325Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them:G1161G4848G4183G3793G846G2532G4762G2036G4314G84626"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, and even his own life— he cannot be My disciple.G1536G2064G4314G3165G2532G3404G3756G1438G3962G2532G3384G2532G1135G2532G5043G2532G80G2532G79G2089G1161G1438G5590G2532G3756G1410G1511G3450G310127Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.G2532G3748G941G3756G941G846G4716G2532G2064G3694G3450G3756G1410G1511G3450G310128"For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?G1063G5101G1537G5216G2309G3618G4444G2523G3780G2523G4412G5585G1160G1487G2192G4314G53529Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,G3363G3379G846G5087G2310G2532G2480G3361G2480G1615G3956G2334G756G1702G84630saying, 'This man started to build and wasn't able to finish.'G3004G3754G3778G444G756G3618G2532G2480G3756G2480G161531"Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?G2228G5101G935G4198G4820G4171G1519G2087G935G2523G3780G2523G4412G1011G1487G2076G1415G1722G1176G5505G528G2064G1909G846G3326G1501G550532If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.G1490G846G5607G2089G4206G649G4242G2065G4314G151533In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.G3779G3767G3956G1537G5216G3739G657G3756G3956G5224G1438G3756G1410G1511G3450G310134"Now, salt is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty?G217G2570G1161G1437G217G3471G1722G5101G74135It isn't fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!"G2076G3777G2111G1519G1093G3777G1519G2874G906G846G1854G2192G3775G191G191