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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. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
[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 14:24 RP MT includes the last sentence. TR, NU, and FH MT omit: For many are called, but few are chosen.
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. ()

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Luke 14 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () ἐλθεῖν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () οἶκόν () τινος () τῶν () ἀρχόντων () τῶν () Φαρισαίων () σαββάτῳ () φαγεῖν () ἄρτον, () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () ἦσαν () παρατηρούμενοι () αὐτόν. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἰδού, () ἄνθρωπός () τις () ἦν () ὑδρωπικὸς () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀποκριθεὶς () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () πρὸς () τοὺς () νομικοὺς () καὶ () Φαρισαίους, () λέγων, () Εἰ () ἔξεστιν () τῷ () σαββάτῳ () θεραπεύειν; ()
[4] Οἱ () δὲ () ἡσύχασαν. () Καὶ () ἐπιλαβόμενος () ἰάσατο () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀπέλυσεν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἀποκριθεὶς () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () εἶπεν, () Τίνος () ὑμῶν () υἱὸς () ἢ () βοῦς () εἰς () φρέαρ () ἐμπεσεῖται, () καὶ () οὐκ () εὐθέως () ἀνασπάσει () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τοῦ () σαββάτου; ()
[6] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἴσχυσαν () ἀνταποκριθῆναι () αὐτῷ () πρὸς () ταῦτα. ()
[7] Ἔλεγεν () δὲ () πρὸς () τοὺς () κεκλημένους () παραβολήν, () ἐπέχων () πῶς () τὰς () πρωτοκλισίας () ἐξελέγοντο, () λέγων () πρὸς () αὐτούς, ()
[8] Ὅταν () κληθῇς () ὑπό () τινος () εἰς () γάμους, () μὴ () κατακλιθῇς () εἰς () τὴν () πρωτοκλισίαν· () μήποτε () ἐντιμότερός () σου () ᾖ () κεκλημένος () ὑπ’ () αὐτοῦ, ()
[9] καὶ () ἐλθὼν () ὁ () σὲ () καὶ () αὐτὸν () καλέσας () ἐρεῖ () σοι, () Δὸς () τούτῳ () τόπον· () καὶ () τότε () ἄρξῃ () μετ’ () αἰσχύνης () τὸν () ἔσχατον () τόπον () κατέχειν. ()
[10] Ἀλλ’ () ὅταν () κληθῇς, () πορευθεὶς () ἀνάπεσε () εἰς () τὸν () ἔσχατον () τόπον· () ἵνα, () ὅταν () ἔλθῃ () ὁ () κεκληκώς () σε, () εἴπῃ () σοι, () Φίλε, () προσανάβηθι () ἀνώτερον· () τότε () ἔσται () σοι () δόξα () ἐνώπιον () τῶν () συνανακειμένων () σοι. ()
[11] Ὅτι () πᾶς () ὁ () ὑψῶν () ἑαυτὸν () ταπεινωθήσεται, () καὶ () ὁ () ταπεινῶν () ἑαυτὸν () ὑψωθήσεται. ()
[12] Ἔλεγεν () δὲ () καὶ () τῷ () κεκληκότι () αὐτόν, () Ὅταν () ποιῇς () ἄριστον () ἢ () δεῖπνον, () μὴ () φώνει () τοὺς () φίλους () σου, () μηδὲ () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς () σου, () μηδὲ () τοὺς () συγγενεῖς () σου, () μηδὲ () γείτονας () πλουσίους· () μήποτε () καὶ () αὐτοί () σε () ἀντικαλέσωσιν, () καὶ () γένηταί () σοι () ἀνταπόδομα. ()
[13] Ἀλλ’ () ὅταν () ποιῇς () δοχήν, () κάλει () πτωχούς, () ἀναπήρους, () χωλούς, () τυφλούς· ()
[14] καὶ () μακάριος () ἔσῃ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔχουσιν () ἀνταποδοῦναί () σοι· () ἀνταποδοθήσεται () γάρ () σοι () ἐν () τῇ () ἀναστάσει () τῶν () δικαίων. ()
[15] Ἀκούσας () δέ () τις () τῶν () συνανακειμένων () ταῦτα () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Μακάριος, () ὃς () φάγεται () ἄριστον () ἐν () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[16] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Ἄνθρωπός () τις () ἐποίησεν () δεῖπνον () μέγα, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () πολλούς· ()
[17] καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () τὸν () δοῦλον () αὐτοῦ () τῇ () ὥρᾳ () τοῦ () δείπνου () εἰπεῖν () τοῖς () κεκλημένοις, () Ἔρχεσθε, () ὅτι () ἤδη () ἕτοιμά () ἐστιν () πάντα. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἤρξαντο () ἀπὸ () μιᾶς () παραιτεῖσθαι () πάντες. () Ὁ () πρῶτος () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Ἀγρὸν () ἠγόρασα, () καὶ () ἔχω () ἀνάγκην () ἐξελθεῖν () καὶ () ἰδεῖν () αὐτόν· () ἐρωτῶ () σε, () ἔχε () με () παρῃτημένον. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἕτερος () εἶπεν, () Ζεύγη () βοῶν () ἠγόρασα () πέντε, () καὶ () πορεύομαι () δοκιμάσαι () αὐτά· () ἐρωτῶ () σε, () ἔχε () με () παρῃτημένον. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἕτερος () εἶπεν, () Γυναῖκα () ἔγημα, () καὶ () διὰ () τοῦτο () οὐ () δύναμαι () ἐλθεῖν. ()
[21] Καὶ () παραγενόμενος () ὁ () δοῦλος () ἐκεῖνος () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτοῦ () ταῦτα. () Τότε () ὀργισθεὶς () ὁ () οἰκοδεσπότης () εἶπεν () τῷ () δούλῳ () αὐτοῦ, () Ἔξελθε () ταχέως () εἰς () τὰς () πλατείας () καὶ () ῥύμας () τῆς () πόλεως, () καὶ () τοὺς () πτωχοὺς () καὶ () ἀναπήρους () καὶ () χωλοὺς () καὶ () τυφλοὺς () εἰσάγαγε () ὧδε. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () δοῦλος, () Κύριε, () γέγονεν () ὡς () ἐπέταξας, () καὶ () ἔτι () τόπος () ἐστίν. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () κύριος () πρὸς () τὸν () δοῦλον, () Ἔξελθε () εἰς () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () καὶ () φραγμούς, () καὶ () ἀνάγκασον () εἰσελθεῖν, () ἵνα () γεμισθῇ () ὁ () οἶκός () μου. ()
[24] Λέγω () γὰρ () ὑμῖν () ὅτι () οὐδεὶς () τῶν () ἀνδρῶν () ἐκείνων () τῶν () κεκλημένων () γεύσεταί () μου () τοῦ () δείπνου. () Πολλοὶ () γάρ () εἰσιν () κλητοί, () ὀλίγοι () δὲ () ἐκλεκτοί. ()
[25] Συνεπορεύοντο () δὲ () αὐτῷ () ὄχλοι () πολλοί· () καὶ () στραφεὶς () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτούς, ()
[26] Εἴ () τις () ἔρχεται () πρός () με, () καὶ () οὐ () μισεῖ () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τὴν () μητέρα, () καὶ () τὴν () γυναῖκα, () καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα, () καὶ () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς, () καὶ () τὰς () ἀδελφάς, () ἔτι () δὲ () καὶ () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () ψυχήν, () οὐ () δύναταί () μου () μαθητὴς () εἶναι. ()
[27] Καὶ () ὅστις () οὐ () βαστάζει () τὸν () σταυρὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔρχεται () ὀπίσω () μου, () οὐ () δύναται () εἶναί () μου () μαθητής. ()
[28] Τίς () γὰρ () ἐξ () ὑμῶν, () ὁ () θέλων () πύργον () οἰκοδομῆσαι, () οὐχὶ () πρῶτον () καθίσας () ψηφίζει () τὴν () δαπάνην, () εἰ () ἔχει () τὰ () εἰς () ἀπαρτισμόν; ()
[29] Ἵνα () μήποτε, () θέντος () αὐτοῦ () θεμέλιον () καὶ () μὴ () ἰσχύοντος () ἐκτελέσαι, () πάντες () οἱ () θεωροῦντες () ἄρξωνται () ἐμπαίζειν () αὐτῷ, ()
[30] λέγοντες, () ὅτι () Οὗτος () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἤρξατο () οἰκοδομεῖν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἴσχυσεν () ἐκτελέσαι. ()
[31] Ἢ () τίς () βασιλεὺς () πορευόμενος () συμβαλεῖν () ἑτέρῳ () βασιλεῖ () εἰς () πόλεμον () οὐχὶ () καθίσας () πρῶτον () βουλεύεται () εἰ () δυνατός () ἐστιν () ἐν () δέκα () χιλιάσιν () ἀπαντῆσαι () τῷ () μετὰ () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδων () ἐρχομένῳ () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν; ()
[32] Εἰ () δὲ () μήγε, () ἔτι () πόρρω () αὐτοῦ () ὄντος, () πρεσβείαν () ἀποστείλας () ἐρωτᾷ () τὰ () πρὸς () εἰρήνην. ()
[33] Οὕτως () οὖν () πᾶς () ἐξ () ὑμῶν () ὃς () οὐκ () ἀποτάσσεται () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ἑαυτοῦ () ὑπάρχουσιν, () οὐ () δύναταί () μου () εἶναι () μαθητής. ()
[34] Καλὸν () τὸ () ἅλας· () ἐὰν () δὲ () τὸ () ἅλας () μωρανθῇ, () ἐν () τίνι () ἀρτυθήσεται; ()
[35] Οὔτε () εἰς () γῆν () οὔτε () εἰς () κοπρίαν () εὔθετόν () ἐστιν· () ἔξω () βάλλουσιν () αὐτό. () Ὁ () ἔχων () ὦτα () ἀκούειν () ἀκουέτω. ()

Luke 14:1 τῶν ¦ [NA WH] ¦ TH om.
Luke 14:3a Εἰ ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:3b θεραπεύειν ¦ CT θεραπεῦσαι ἢ οὔ
Luke 14:5a ἀποκριθεὶς ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:5b υἱὸς ¦ TR ὄνος
Luke 14:5c ἐμπεσεῖται ¦ CT πεσεῖται
Luke 14:5d τῇ ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:6 αὐτῷ ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:8 ἐντιμότερός ¦ TH ἐντειμότερός
Luke 14:9a σοι ¦ PCK σύ
Luke 14:9b μετ ¦ CT μετὰ
Luke 14:10a ἀνάπεσε ¦ TR ἀνάπεσον
Luke 14:10b εἴπῃ ¦ CT ἐρεῖ
Luke 14:10c τῶν ¦ CT πάντων τῶν
Luke 14:12a σε ἀντικαλέσωσιν ¦ CT ἀντικαλέσωσίν σε
Luke 14:12b γένηταί ¦ PT γενήσεταί
Luke 14:12c σοι ἀνταπόδομα ¦ CT ἀνταπόδομά σοι
Luke 14:13a ποιῇς δοχήν ¦ CT δοχὴν ποιῇς
Luke 14:13b ἀναπήρους ¦ CT ἀναπείρους
Luke 14:15a ὃς ¦ CT ὅστις
Luke 14:15b ἄριστον ¦ CT TR ἄρτον
Luke 14:16 ἐποίησεν ¦ CT ἐποίει
Luke 14:17 πάντα ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:18a παραιτεῖσθαι πάντες ¦ CT πάντες παραιτεῖσθαι
Luke 14:18b ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ¦ CT ἐξελθὼν
Luke 14:21a ἐκεῖνος ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:21b ἀναπήρους ¦ CT ἀναπείρους
Luke 14:21c χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς ¦ CT PCK τυφλοὺς καὶ χωλοὺς
Luke 14:22 ὡς ¦ CT ὃ
Luke 14:23 ὁ οἶκός μου ¦ CT μου ὁ οἶκος
Luke 14:24 Πολλοὶ … ἐκλεκτοί ¦ CT HF PCK PT RPmg TR om.
Luke 14:26a μισεῖ ¦ TH μεισεῖ
Luke 14:26b αὐτοῦ ¦ NA PT SBL TR WH ἑαυτοῦ
Luke 14:26c δὲ ¦ CT τε
Luke 14:26d ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν ¦ NA SBL WH ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ
Luke 14:26e μου μαθητὴς εἶναι ¦ NA SBL WH εἶναί μου μαθητής ¦ PCK TH μου εἶναι μαθητής
Luke 14:27a Καὶ ¦ CT om.
Luke 14:27b αὐτοῦ ¦ NA PT SBL WH ἑαυτοῦ
Luke 14:27c εἶναί μου ¦ TR μου εἶναι
Luke 14:28a ὁ ¦ CT PT TR om.
Luke 14:28b τὰ εἰς ¦ PCK PT RPmg TR τὰ πρὸς ¦ CT εἰς
Luke 14:29a ἰσχύοντος ¦ PT ἰσχύσαντος
Luke 14:29b ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ ¦ CT PT αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν
Luke 14:31a συμβαλεῖν ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ ¦ NA SBL TH ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ συμβαλεῖν ¦ WH ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ συνβαλεῖν
Luke 14:31b καθίσας πρῶτον ¦ PT πρῶτον καθίσας
Luke 14:31c βουλεύεται ¦ CT βουλεύσεται
Luke 14:31d χιλιάσιν ¦ TH χειλιάσιν
Luke 14:31e ἀπαντῆσαι ¦ CT ὑπαντῆσαι
Luke 14:31f χιλιάδων ¦ TH χειλιάδων
Luke 14:32a πόρρω αὐτοῦ ¦ CT TR αὐτοῦ πόρρω
Luke 14:32b τὰ ¦ WH om.
Luke 14:33 μου εἶναι ¦ CT PT εἶναί μου
Luke 14:34a Καλὸν ¦ CT Καλὸν οὖν
Luke 14:34b δὲ ¦ CT PT δὲ καὶ

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