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Luke 14 (WEBP)

[1] When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
[2] Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
[3] Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
[4] But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
[5] He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
[6] They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
[7] He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
[8] “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
[9] and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
[10] But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
[11] For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
[12] He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
[13] But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
[14] and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
[15] When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
[16] But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
[17] He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
[18] They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
[19] “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
[20] “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
[21] “That 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
[22] “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
[23] “The lord 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 tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”
[25] Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
[26] “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
[27] Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
[28] For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
[29] Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
[30] saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
[31] Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will 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 yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
[33] So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
[34] “Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
[35] It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Luke 14:5 TR reads “donkey” instead of “son”
Luke 14:26 or, hate

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Luke 14 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass (), as he went () into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat () bread on the sabbath day, that they watched () () him .
[2] And , behold (), there was () a certain man before him which had the dropsy .
[3] And Jesus answering () spake () unto the lawyers and Pharisees , saying (), Is it lawful () to heal () on the sabbath day ?
[4] And they held their peace (). And he took () [him], and healed () him , and let him go ();
[5] And answered () them , saying (), Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen () into a pit , and will not straightway pull him out () on the sabbath day ?
[6] And they could () not answer him again () to these things .
[7] And he put forth () a parable to those which were bidden (), when he marked () how they chose out () the chief rooms ; saying () unto them ,
[8] When thou art bidden () of any [man] to a wedding , sit not down () in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man than thou be () bidden () of him ;
[9] And he that bade () thee and him come () and say () to thee , Give () this man place ; and thou begin () with shame to take () the lowest room .
[10] But when thou art bidden (), go () and sit down () in the lowest room ; that when he that bade () thee cometh (), he may say () unto thee , Friend , go up () higher : then shalt thou have () worship in the presence of them that sit at meat () with thee .
[11] For whosoever exalteth () himself shall be abased (); and he that humbleth () himself shall be exalted ().
[12] Then said he () also to him that bade () him , When thou makest () a dinner or a supper , call () not thy friends , nor thy brethren , neither thy kinsmen , nor [thy] rich neighbours ; lest they also bid thee again (), and a recompence be made () thee .
[13] But when thou makest () a feast , call () the poor , the maimed , the lame , the blind :
[14] And thou shalt be () blessed ; for they cannot () recompense () thee : for thou shalt be recompensed () at the resurrection of the just .
[15] 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] Then said he () unto him , A certain man made () a great supper , and bade () many :
[17] And sent () his servant at supper time to say () to them that were bidden (), Come (); for all things are () now ready .
[18] And they all with one [consent] began () to make excuse (). The first said () unto him , I have bought () a piece of ground , and I must () needs go () and see () it : I pray () thee have () me excused ().
[19] And another said (), I have bought () five yoke of oxen , and I go () to prove () them : I pray () thee have () me excused ().
[20] And another said (), I have married () a wife , and therefore I cannot () come ().
[21] So that servant came (), and shewed () 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 the maimed , and the halt , and the blind .
[22] And the servant said (), Lord , it is done () as thou hast commanded (), and yet there is () room .
[23] And the lord said () unto 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 () unto you , That none of those men which were bidden () shall taste () of my supper .
[25] And there went () great multitudes with him : and he turned (), and said () unto them ,
[26] If any [man] come () to me , and hate () not his father , and mother , and wife , and children , and brethren , and sisters , yea , and his own life also , he cannot () be () my disciple .
[27] And whosoever doth not bear () his cross , and come () after me , cannot () be () my disciple .
[28] For which of you , intending () to build () a tower , sitteth not down () first , and counteth () the cost , whether he have () [sufficient] to finish [it]?
[29] Lest haply , after he hath laid () the foundation , and is not able () to finish () [it], all that behold () [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 , sitteth not down () first , and consulteth () whether he be () able with ten thousand to meet () him that cometh () against him with twenty thousand ?
[32] Or else , while the other is () yet a great way off , he sendeth () an ambassage , and desireth () conditions of peace .
[33] So likewise , whosoever he be of you that forsaketh () not all that he hath () , he cannot () be () my disciple .
[34] Salt [is] good : but if the salt have lost his savour (), wherewith shall it be seasoned ()?
[35] It is () neither fit for the land , nor yet for the dunghill ; [but] men cast () it out . He that hath () ears to hear (), let him hear ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Luke 14 (YLT)

[1] And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,
[2] and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;
[3] and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?’
[4] and they were silent, and having taken hold of him, he healed him, and let him go;
[5] and answering them he said, ‘Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?’
[6] and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.
[7] And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,
[8] ‘When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
[9] and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.
[10] ‘But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;
[11] because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.’
[12] And he said also to him who did call him, ‘When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;
[13] but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
[14] and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.’
[15] And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, ‘Happy is he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;’
[16] and he said to him, ‘A certain man made a great supper, and called many,
[17] and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.
[18] ‘And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
[19] ‘And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
[20] and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
[21] ‘And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.
[22] ‘And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.
[23] ‘And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
[24] for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.’
[25] And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
[26] ‘If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
[27] and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
[28] ‘For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?
[29] lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
[30] saying-This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
[31] ‘Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?
[32] and if not so-he being yet a long way off-having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.
[33] ‘So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
[34] ‘The salt is good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?
[35] neither for land nor for manure is it fit-they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear-let him hear.’