LU-14:1  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.

LU-14:2  And, behold, there was a certain man before him which

had the dropsy.

LU-14:3  And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and

Pharisees, saying, Is

it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

LU-14:4  And they held their peace. And he took [him], and

healed him, and let

him go;

LU-14:5  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?

LU-14:6  And they could not answer him again to these things.

LU-14:7  And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden,

when he marked

how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

LU-14:8  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;

LU-14:9  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.

LU-14:10  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.

LU-14:11  For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he

that humbleth

himself shall be exalted.

LU-14:12  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

recompense be made

thee.

LU-14:13  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the

maimed, the lame,

the blind:

LU-14:14  And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense

thee: for thou

shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

LU-14:15  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.

LU-14:16  Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great

supper, and bade

many:

LU-14:17  And sent his servant at supper time to say to them

that were bidden,

Come; for all things are now ready.

LU-14:18  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.

LU-14:19  And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and

I go to prove

them: I pray thee have me excused.

LU-14:20  And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore

I cannot come.

LU-14:21  So that servant came, and showed 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.

LU-14:22  And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast

commanded, and

yet there is room.

LU-14:23  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.

LU-14:24  For I say unto you, That none of those men which were

bidden shall

taste of my supper.

LU-14:25  And there went great multitudes with him: and he

turned, and said

unto them,

LU-14:26  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.

LU-14:27  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after

me, cannot be

my disciple.

LU-14:28  For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth

not down first,

and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish

[it]?

LU-14:29  Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is

not able to

finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,

LU-14:30  Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to

finish.

LU-14:31  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?

LU-14:32  Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he

sendeth an

ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

LU-14:33  So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not

all that he

hath, he cannot be my disciple.

LU-14:34  Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall

it be seasoned?

LU-14:35  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.

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