Luke 14

A Sabbath Controversy

1One Sabbath, when he went in to eat # 14:1 Lit eat bread at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, # 14:1 Lk 7:36; 11:37 they were watching him closely. # 14:1 Mk 3:2; Lk 6:7; 20:20 2There in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid. 3In response, Jesus asked the law experts # 14:3 Lk 7:30; 14:30 and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? ” # 14:3 Mt 12:2; Mk 3:4; Lk 6:2,9; 13:14; Jn 5:10 4But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away. 5And to them, he said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? ” # 14:5 Ex 21:33; Dt 22:4; Mt 12:11; Lk 13:15 6They could find no answer to these things.

Teachings on Humility

7He told a parable # 14:7 Lk 5:36; 13:6 to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places # 14:7 Lk 11:43 for themselves: 8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honor, because a more distinguished person # 14:8 Lk 7:2; Php 2:29; 1Pt 2:4 than you may have been invited by your host. 9The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

10 “But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored # 14:10 Jn 5:44; 7:18; Rm 2:7 in the presence of all the other guests. # 14:10 Pr 25:6–7; 29:23 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” # 14:11 Ezk 21:26; Mt 18:4; 23:12; Lk 1:51; 3:5; 18:14; Jms 4:10; 1Pt 5:5–6

12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid. 13On the contrary, when you host a banquet, # 14:13 Lk 5:29 invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind. # 14:13 Lv 22:22; Lk 14:21 14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid # 14:14 Rm 11:35; 12:19; 1Th 3:9; 2Th 1:6; Heb 10:30 at the resurrection of the righteous.” # 14:14 Ac 24:15

The Parable of the Large Banquet

15When # 14:15–24 Mt 22:1–14 one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God! ” # 14:15 Lk 13:29; 22:16,30; Rv 19:9

16Then he told him, “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many. 17At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

18 “But without exception # 14:18 Lit “And from one (voice) they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

19 “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

20 “And another said, ‘I just got married, # 14:20 Dt 24:5 and therefore I’m unable to come.’

21 “So the servant came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’ # 14:21 Lk 14:13

22 “ ‘Master,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there’s still room.’

23 “Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled. 24For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited will enjoy my banquet.’ ”

The Cost of Following Jesus

25Now # 14:25–33 Mt 10:37–38 great crowds were traveling with him. So he turned and said to them, 26“If anyone comes to me # 14:26 Mt 11:28; Mk 10:14; Lk 6:47; Jn 5:40 and does not hate # 14:26 Dt 21:15; 22:13; 24:3; Lk 16:13 his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters — yes, and even his own life — he cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not bear his own cross # 14:27 Jn 19:17 and come after me cannot be my disciple.

28 “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost # 14:28 Pr 24:27 to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him, 30saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

31 “Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce # 14:33 Or leave all his possessions # 14:33 Mt 19:21; Php 3:7; Heb 11:26 cannot be my disciple.

34 “Now, # 14:34–35 Mt 5:13; Mk 9:49–50 salt # 14:34 Jdg 9:45; Mk 9:50 is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty? 35It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.” # 14:35 Mt 11:15; 13:9; Mk 4:9

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Lukas 14

1And it came to pass when he went into a bais of a certain one of the Rashei HaPerushim on Shabbos for betziat halechem, and they were watching him closely, 2And there in front of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was a certain ish suffering from dropsy, 3And in reply, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach spoke to the Baalei Torah and Perushim, saying, Is it mutar (permissible) on Shabbos to give refuah or not? 4But they kept silent. And having taken hold of him, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach granted him refuah and sent him away. 5And to them Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Who of you having a ben or an ox fall into a well and will not ofen ort (immediately) pull him out on Shabbos? 6And they were not able to make a counter argument keneged (against) this.

7And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began speaking a mashal to the seudah (banquet supper) invitees, when he noticed how they had been picking out the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats) at the tish, saying to them, 8When you are invited by someone to a Chasunoh (wedding), you should not recline at tish in the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats), lest a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by him, 9And he who invited you both shall come and say to you, Give place to this one, and then in bushah (shame) you proceed to occupy the seat of humiliation, the low seat. 10But when you are invited, go and recline at tish in the moshav hashafel (low seat), so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Chaver, move up to a higher place; then you will have kavod in the sight of all with you at the tish. 11For everyone exalting himself shall be humbled, and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

12And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking also to the one who invited him, When you prepare a seudah or a Melave Malkah, do not invite your chaverim or your achim or your krovey mishpochot (relatives) or your shchenim haashirim, lest they also should invite you in return and repayment come to you. 13But when you prepare a seudah (feast), invite the aniyim (the poor), the baalei hamum (the maimed), the pisechim (the lame), the ivrim (blind), 14And Birkat Shomayim (the Blessing of Heaven) will befall you, because they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid in the Yom Tekumat HaTzadikkim#14:14 Rv 20:5 (Day of the Resurrection of the Righteous).

15And when a certain one of those reclining at tish with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard these things, he said to him, Ashrey is he who will eat lechem in the Malchut Hashem!#14:15 Isa 25:6 16But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, A certain man was preparing a big seudah, and he invited many; 17And at the dinner hour, he sent his eved to say to the seudah invitees, Come, because everything is ready now. 18But each began to come up with a teretz (excuse). The rishon (first) said to him, I bought a sadeh (field) and I am compelled to go out and look at it. Please be mekabel (receive, accept) my teretz. 19And another said, I have bought chamesh pair of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please be mekabel my teretz (excuse). 20And another said, I took a wife and therefore I am not able to come. 21And the eved returned and reported this to his Adon. Then the Baal Bayit became angry and said to his eved, Go out quickly into the rekhovot (streets) and lanes of the shtetl and bring in here the aniyim (the poor) and the baalei hamum (the maimed) and the ivrim (blind) and the pisechim (the lame). 22And the eved said, Adoni, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room. 23And the Adon said to the eved, Go out to the rekhovot and along the boundaries and urge them to come in, in order that My Beis may be filled. 24For I say to you that no one of those Bnei Adam who were invited will taste my seudah.

25And large multitudes were accompanying him, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach turned and said to them, 26If someone comes to me, and does not hate#14:26 hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life,#14:26 in the Olam Hazeh he is not able to be my#14:26 Moshiachʼs talmid. 27Whoever does not carry his own etz shel mesiros nefesh following Me#14:27 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is not able to be my#14:27 Moshiachʼs talmid. 28For who among you, wanting to build a migdal (tower), will not first sit down and rechen (calculate) the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, having laid his yesod (foundation) and not being able to finish it, everyone seeing it may begin to make leitzonus (fun, mockery) of him, 30Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish. 31Or what melech, going out to make milchamah (war) against another melech, will not first sit down and consider if he is able with aseret alafim (ten thousand) to meet the one with esrim elef (twenty thousand) coming against him? 32Or else, while the other is noch (yet) far away, he sends an embassy delegation and seeks terms for shalom. 33So, then, none of you can become my talmid if you do not renounce all your [idolatrous] holdings.

34Therefore, melach (salt) is tov; but if even melach should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? 35It is useless either for the land or for the dung hill; they throw it away. The one who has ears to hear, shema!

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