Apr. 24, 25
Luke 14
Luk 14:1 It happened,
when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on
a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
Luk 14:2 Behold, a
certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
Luk 14:3 Jesus,
answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
Luk 14:4 But they were
silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
Luk 14:5 He answered
them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well,
wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
Luk 14:6 They couldn't
answer him regarding these things.
Luk 14:7 He spoke a
parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the
best seats, and said to them,
Luk 14:8 "When you
are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best
seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited
by him,
Luk 14:9 and he who
invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this
person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
Luk 14:10 But when you
are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who
invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then
you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with
you.
Luk 14:11 For everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will
be exalted."
Luk 14:12 He also said
to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a
supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen,
nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and
pay you back.
Luk 14:13 But when you
make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Luk 14:14 and you will
be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For
you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."
Luk 14:15 When one of
those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to
him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
Luk 14:16 But he said
to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many
people.
Luk 14:17 He sent out
his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for
everything is ready now.'
Luk 14:18 They all as
one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have
bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'
Luk 14:19 "Another
said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out.
Please have me excused.'
Luk 14:20 "Another
said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
Luk 14:21 "That
servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind,
and lame.'
Luk 14:22 "The
servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still
room.'
Luk 14:23 "The
lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luk 14:24 For I tell
you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'
"
Luk 14:25 Now great
multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
Luk 14:26 "If
anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife,
children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't
be my disciple.
Luk 14:27 Whoever
doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.
Luk 14:28 For which of
you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the
cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
Luk 14:29 Or perhaps,
when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone
who sees begins to mock him,
Luk 14:30 saying, 'This
man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
Luk 14:31 Or what king,
as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first
and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who
comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luk 14:32 Or else,
while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks
for conditions of peace.
Luk 14:33 So therefore
whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my
disciple.
Luk 14:34 Salt is good,
but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season
it?
Luk 14:35 It is fit
neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He
who has ears to hear, let him hear."