Luke 14

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 On a sabbath he went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.	1 And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.
2 In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.	2 And behold, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema.
3 Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?"	3 And responding, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?”
4 But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him.	4 But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.
5 Then he said to them, "Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?"	5 And responding to them, he said, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?”
6 But they were unable to answer his question.	6 And they were unable to respond to him about these things.
7 He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table.	7 Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him,	8 “When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him.
9 and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, 'Give your place to this man,' and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place.	9 And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.
10 Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, 'My friend, move up to a higher position.' Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table.	10 But when you are invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."	11 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.”
12 Then he said to the host who invited him, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.	12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.
13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;	13 But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.
14 blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."	14 And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”
15 One of his fellow guests on hearing this said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God."	15 When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”
16 He replied to him, "A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.	16 So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many.
17 When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, 'Come, everything is now ready.'	17 And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
18 But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.'	18 And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
19 And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.'	19 And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’
20 And another said, 'I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.'	20 And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’
21 The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.'	21 And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’
22 The servant reported, 'Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.'	22 And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’
23 The master then ordered the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled.	23 And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
24 For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"	24 For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’ ”
25 Great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and addressed them,	25 Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them:
26 "If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.	26 “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.	27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
28 Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?	28 For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him	29 Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,
30 and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.'	30 saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
31 Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?	31 Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.	32 If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.
33 In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.	33 Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.
34 "Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its taste, with what can its flavor be restored?	34 Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be seasoned?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."	35 It is useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”