1 I t happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, of the Pharisees, to eat bread on sabbath, that they were watching him.

2 A nd there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

And behold, there was a certain dropsical before him.

3 A nd Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “ Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

4 B ut they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

5 A nd He said to them, “ Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

6 A nd they could make no reply to this. Parable of the Guests

And they were not able to answer him to these things.

7 A nd He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

8 “ When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

9 a nd he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.

10 B ut when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

11 F or everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

12 A nd He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

13 B ut when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

14 a nd you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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

15 W hen one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “ Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” Parable of the Dinner

And one of those that were lying at table with, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 B ut He said to him, “ A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

17 a nd at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

18 B ut they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

19 A nother one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’

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

20 A nother one said, ‘ I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

21 A nd the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

22 A nd the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

23 A nd the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

24 F or I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’” Discipleship Tested

for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

25 N ow large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,

26 “ If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

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

and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

28 F or which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what to complete it;

29 O therwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

30 s aying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

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

31 O r what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 O r else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

33 S o then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

34 “ Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

Salt good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 I t is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.