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Luke 14

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 On a day of worship Jesus went to eat at the home of a prominent Pharisee. The guests were watching Jesus very closely.

2 A man whose body was swollen with fluid was there.

3 Jesus reacted by asking the Pharisees and the experts in Moses' Teachings, "Is it right to heal on the day of worship or not?"

4 But they didn't say a thing. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

5 Jesus asked them, "If your son or your ox falls into a well on a day of worship, wouldn't you pull him out immediately?"

6 They couldn't argue with him about this.

7 Then Jesus noticed how the guests always chose the places of honor. So he used this illustration when he spoke to them:

8 "When someone invites you to a wedding, don't take the place of honor. Maybe someone more important than you was invited.

9 Then your host would say to you, 'Give this person your place.' Embarrassed, you would have to take the place of least honor.

10 So when you're invited, take the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, 'Friend, move to a more honorable place.' Then all the other guests will see how you are honored.

11 Those who honor themselves will be humbled, but people who humble themselves will be honored."

12 Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you invite people for lunch or dinner, don't invite only your friends, family, other relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they will return the favor.

13 Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the handicapped, the lame, and the blind.

14 Then you will be blessed because they don't have any way to pay you back. You will be paid back when those who have God's approval come back to life."

15 One of those eating with him heard this. So he said to Jesus, "The person who will be at the banquet in the kingdom of God is blessed."

16 Jesus said to him, "A man gave a large banquet and invited many people.

17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, 'Come! Everything is ready now.'

18 "Everyone asked to be excused. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I need to see it. Please excuse me.'

19 Another said, 'I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to see how well they plow. Please excuse me.'

20 Still another said, 'I recently got married, and that's why I can't come.'

21 "The servant went back to report this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry. He told his servant, 'Run to every street and alley in the city! Bring back the poor, the handicapped, the blind, and the lame.'

22 "The servant said, 'Sir, what you've ordered has been done. But there is still room for more people.'

23 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go to the roads and paths! Urge the people to come to my house. I want it to be full.

24 I can guarantee that none of those invited earlier will taste any food at my banquet.'"

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned to them and said,

26 "If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.

27 So those who do not carry their crosses and follow me cannot be my disciples.

28 "Suppose you want to build a tower. You would first sit down and figure out what it costs. Then you would see if you have enough money to finish it.

29 Otherwise, if you lay a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will make fun of you.

30 They'll say, 'This person started to build but couldn't finish the job.'

31 "Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He would first sit down and think things through. Can he and his 10,000 soldiers fight against a king with 20,000 soldiers?

32 If he can't, he'll send ambassadors to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

33 In the same way, none of you can be my disciples unless you give up everything.

34 "Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how will you restore its flavor?

35 It's not any good for the ground or for the manure pile. People throw it away. "Let the person who has ears listen!"

New King James Version NKJV

1 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

2 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy.

3 And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

4 But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.

5 Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

6 And they could not answer Him regarding these things.

7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

8 "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;

9 and he who invited you and him come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.

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

12 Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

16 Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,

17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'

18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.'

20 Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. 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 here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.'

22 And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.'

23 Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.' "

25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

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

27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it--

29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

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

31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

34 "Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?

35 It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"