1 I t occurred one Sabbath, when went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were watching Him.

And it came to pass, 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.

2 A nd behold, in front of Him there was a man who had dropsy.

And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

3 A nd Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, Is it lawful and right to cure on the Sabbath or not?

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

4 B ut they kept silent. Then He took hold and cured him and sent him away.

But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 A nd He said to them, Which of you, having a son or a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath day?

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

6 A nd they were unable to reply to this.

And they could not answer again unto these things.

7 N ow He told a parable to those who were invited, He noticed how they were selecting the places of honor, saying to them,

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

8 W hen you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not recline on the chief seat, lest a more distinguished person than you has been invited by him,

When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

9 A nd he who invited both of you will come to you and say, Let this man have the place. Then, with humiliation and a guilty sense of impropriety, you will begin to take the lowest place.

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 B ut when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher! Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit with you.

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

11 F or everyone who exalts himself will be humbled (ranked below others who are honored or rewarded), and he who humbles himself (keeps a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly) will be exalted (elevated in rank).

For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

12 J esus also said to the man who had invited Him, When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

13 B ut when you give a banquet or a reception, invite the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.

But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

14 T hen you will be blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied), because they have no way of repaying you, and you will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just (upright).

and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

15 W hen one of those who reclined with Him heard this, he said to Him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 B ut Jesus said to him, A man was once giving a great supper and invited many;

But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

17 A nd at the hour for the supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all is now ready.

and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

18 B ut they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

19 A nd another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

20 A nd another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 S o the servant came and reported these to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.

And the 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 hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

22 A nd the servant said, Sir, what you have commanded me to do has been done, and yet there is room.

And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

23 T hen the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and urge and constrain to yield and come in, so that my house may be filled.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 F or I tell you, not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.

For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.

25 N ow huge crowds were going along with, and He turned and said to them,

Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

26 I f anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother '> in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and his wife and children and brothers and sisters— and even his own life also—he cannot be My disciple.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 W hoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 F or which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost whether he has sufficient means to finish it?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

29 O therwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete, all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him,

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

30 S aying, This man began to build and was not able ( worth enough) to finish.

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 O r what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32 A nd if he cannot, when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

33 S o then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple.

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34 S alt is good, but if salt has lost its strength and has become saltless (insipid, flat), how shall its saltness be restored?

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 I t is fit neither for the land nor for the manure heap; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him listen and consider and comprehend by hearing!

It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.