Luke 14:1-15

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

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

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

3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the ²lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "³Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

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

5 And He said to them, "⁴Which 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?"

6 ⁵And they could make no reply to this.

Parable of the Guests

7 And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how ⁶they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, ⁷do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

9 and he who invited you both * will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then ⁸in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

10 "But 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, ⁹move up higher '; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

11 "¹⁰For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

12 And 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.

13 "But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at ¹¹the resurrection of the righteous."

15 When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "¹²Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Cross References

• 1. Mark 3:2
• 2. Matthew 22:35
• 3. Matthew 12:2; Luke 13:14
• 4. Matthew 12:11; Luke 13:15
• 5. Matthew 22:46; Luke 20:40
• 6. Matthew 23:6
• 7. Proverbs 25:6, 7
• 8. Luke 3:8
• 9. Proverbs 25:6, 7
• 10. 2 Samuel 22:28; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; Luke 18:14; James 4:10
• 11. John 5:29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:4, 5
• 12. Revelation 19:9

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. members of the Sanhedrin
• [b]. Lit "behold"
• [c]. I.e. experts in Mosaic Law
• [d]. Lit "Whose son of you...will fall"
• [e]. Lit "recline at"
• [f]. Lit "begin"
• [g]. Lit "recline" at the table
• [h]. Or "banquet"
• [i]. Or "are unable to"