Luke 14

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Now it happened that on a Sabbath day he had gone to share a meal in the house of one of theleading Pharisees; and they watched him closely.	1 And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.
2 Now there in front of him was a man with dropsy,	2 And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.
3 and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees with the words, 'Is it against the law to cure someoneon the Sabbath, or not?'	3 And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4 But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away.	4 But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.
5 Then he said to them, 'Which of you here, if his son fal s into a wel , or his ox, wil not pul him out on aSabbath day without any hesitation?'	5 And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?
6 And to this they could find no answer.	6 And they could not answer him to these things.
7 He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. Hesaid this,	7 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
8 'When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A moredistinguished person than you may have been invited,	8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:
9 and the person who invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man." And then, toyour embarrassment, you wil have to go and take the lowest place.	9 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your hostcomes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher." Then, everyone with you at the table wil see you honoured.	10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
11 For everyone who raises himself up wil be humbled, and the one who humbles himself wil be raisedup.'	11 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
12 Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or yourbrothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you.	12 And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
13 No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;	13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
14 then you will be blessed, for they have no means to repay you and so you wil be repaid when theupright rise again.'	14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.
15 On hearing this, one of those gathered round the table said to him, 'Blessed is anyone who wil sharethe meal in the kingdom of God!'	15 When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 But he said to him, 'There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number ofpeople.	16 But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17 When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited,"Come along: everything is ready now."	17 And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.
18 But al alike started to make excuses. The first said, "I have bought a piece of land and must go andsee it. Please accept my apologies."	18 And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.
19 Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen and am on my way to try them out. Please accept myapologies."	19 And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.
20 Yet another said, "I have just got married and so am unable to come."	20 And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 'The servant returned and reported this to his master. Then the householder, in a rage, said to hisservant, "Go out quickly into the streets and al eys of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blindand the lame."	21 And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 feeble, and the blind, and the lame.
22 "Sir," said the servant, "your orders have been carried out and there is still room."	22 And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23 Then the master said to his servant, "Go to the open roads and the hedgerows and press people tocome in, to make sure my house is ful ;	23 And 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 because, I tel you, not one of those who were invited shal have a taste of my banquet." '	24 But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them.	25 And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:
26 'Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and hisown life too, cannot be my disciple.	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 No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.	27 And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 'And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out thecost to see if he had enough to complete it?	28 For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:
29 Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, anyone who saw it would start making fun of him and saying,	29 Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
30 "Here is someone who started to build and was unable to finish."	30 Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and considerwhether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who was advancing against him with twentythousand?	31 Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?
32 If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace.	32 Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
33 So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple without giving up al that he owns.	33 So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
34 'Salt is a good thing. But if salt itself loses its taste, what can make it salty again?	34 Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is good for neither soil nor manure heap. People throw it away. Anyone who has ears for listeningshould listen!'	35 It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.