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Chapter 14
Luke AFV2020 14:1  Now it came to pass, when He went into a house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.
Luke AFV2020 14:2  And behold, there was a certain man who had dropsy standing in front of Him.
Luke AFV2020 14:3  Then Jesus answered and spoke to the doctors of the law and to the Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
Luke AFV2020 14:4  But they were silent. And after taking hold of him, He healed him and then let him go.
Luke AFV2020 14:5  And He answered and said to them, "Who among you shall have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately pull it out on the Sabbath day?"
Luke AFV2020 14:6  But again, they were not able to answer Him concerning these things.
Luke AFV2020 14:7  Then, observing how those who were invited were choosing out the chief places, He spoke a parable to them, saying,
Luke AFV2020 14:8  "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit in the chief place, lest someone more honorable than you has been invited by him.
Luke AFV2020 14:9  For the one who invited you and him shall come to you and say, 'Give place to this one,' and then shall you begin with shame to take the last place.
Luke AFV2020 14:10  But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, come up higher.' Then shall you have honor in the presence of those who are sitting at the table with you.
Luke AFV2020 14:11  For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and the one who humbles himself shall be exalted."
Luke AFV2020 14:12  And He also said to him who had invited Him, "When you make a dinner or supper, do not call your friends, nor your brethren, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and a recompense be made to you.
Luke AFV2020 14:13  But when you make a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
Luke AFV2020 14:14  And you shall be blessed, for they do not have the means to repay you. But you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just."
Luke AFV2020 14:15  Then one of those who sat at the table with Him, after hearing these things, said to Him, "Blessed is the one who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God."
Luke AFV2020 14:16  But He said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
Luke AFV2020 14:17  And he sent his servants at supper time to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'
Luke AFV2020 14:18  But everyone with one consent began to excuse himself. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I need to go out to see it; I beg you to have me excused.'
Luke AFV2020 14:19  And another said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am going to try them out; I beg you to have me excused.'
Luke AFV2020 14:20  And another said, 'I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.'
Luke AFV2020 14:21  And that servant came and reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house was angry; and he said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind.'
Luke AFV2020 14:22  And the servant said, 'Sir, it has been done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
Luke AFV2020 14:23  Then the lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
Luke AFV2020 14:24  For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.' "
Luke AFV2020 14:25  And great multitudes were going with Him; and He turned and said to them,
Luke AFV2020 14:26  "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and, in addition, his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Luke AFV2020 14:27  And whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple;
Luke AFV2020 14:28  For which one of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has sufficient for its completion;
Luke AFV2020 14:29  Lest perhaps, after he has laid its foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
Luke AFV2020 14:30  Saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish'?
Luke AFV2020 14:31  Or what king, when he goes out to engage another king in war, does not first sit down and take counsel, whether he will be able with ten thousand to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke AFV2020 14:32  But if not, while his enemy is still far off, he sends ambassadors and desires the terms for peace.
Luke AFV2020 14:33  In the same way also, each one of you who does not forsake all that he possesses cannot be My disciple.
Luke AFV2020 14:34  Salt is good; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?
Luke AFV2020 14:35  It is fit neither for the land, nor for the manure; but they cast it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear."