Luke 14
14:1And it came to pass in his coming into a certain house of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were closely watching him.
14:2And behold, a certain man was dropsical before him.
14:3And responding Jesus spoke to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, Is it allowed to cure on the Sabbath?
14:4But they were still. And taking hold, he healed him, and dismissed him.
14:5And responding to them, he said, Which of you having a donkey or ox that falls into a well, and not immediately will pull him up on the day of the Sabbath?
14:6And they were not able to answer to him as to these things.
14:7And he spoke to the ones being invited a parable, giving heed how they chose the first places, saying to them,
14:8Whenever you should be invited by anyone to wedding feasts, you should not lie down in the first place, lest at any time a more important one than you might be invited by him;
14:9and having come, the one having invited you and him shall say to you, Give place to this one! and then you begin with shame to take the last place.
14:10But whenever you should be invited, having gone, recline in the last place, that whenever the one having invited you should come, he should say to you, O friend, ascend higher! Then there will be glory to you in the presence of the ones reclining together with you.
14:11For every one exalting himself shall be humbled; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.
14:12And he said also to the one having invited him, Whenever you should make a dinner or supper, do not call your friends, nor your brethren, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors! lest at any time also they invite you in return, and there should be a recompense to you.
14:13But whenever you make a banquet, call the poor, maimed, lame, blind!
14:14And blessed you will be, for they do not have anything to recompense to you; for it shall be recompensed to you in the resurrection of the just.
14:15And having heard, a certain one of the ones reclining together with these, said to him, Blessed is the one who shall eat dinner in the kingdom of God.
14:16And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
14:17And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper, to say to the ones being invited, Come! for already all is prepared.
14:18And they began by one to ask pardon -- all of them. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have a necessity to go forth and to see it; I ask you, Have me pardoned!
14:19And another said, I bought five teams of oxen, and I go to try them; I ask you, Have me pardoned!
14:20And another said, I married a wife, and on account of this I am not able to come.
14:21And that servant having come, reported to his master these things. Then being provoked to anger, the master of the house said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the squares and streets of the city, and the poor and maimed and lame and blind bring here!
14:22And the servant said, O master, it has taken place as you ordered, and still there is place.
14:23And the master said to the servant, Go forth into the ways and fences, and compel them to enter! that my house should be filled.
14:24For I say to you that, Not one of those men, of the ones having been invited, shall taste of my supper.
14:25And going with him were great multitudes; and having turned he said to them,
14:26If anyone comes to me, and does not detest his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and still also his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
14:27And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
14:28For who of you wanting to build a tower, not having first sat down to tally the expense, sees if he has the things for completion?
14:29that lest at any time having set its foundation, and not being able to complete it, all the ones viewing should begin to mock him,
14:30saying that, This man began to build, and was not able to complete.
14:31Or what king going to engage with another king in war, does not sit first to consult if he is able with ten thousand to meet the one with twenty thousand coming against him?
14:32But if not, still of his being at a distance, having sent an embassy, he asks the terms for peace.
14:33So then, every one of you who does not send away to all the things he himself possesses, is not able to be my disciple.
14:34Salt is good, but if the salt should become insipid, by what means shall it be seasoned?
14:35Neither for earth, nor for manure is it fit, but outside they throw it. The one having ears to hear let him hear!