1 And it came to pass, in His going into [the] house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him. VP
2 And behold, there was a certain man with dropsy before Him. VP
3 And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and to [the] Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” VP
4 But they were silent. And having taken hold [of him], He healed him and let [him] go. VP
5 And He said to them, “Which of you⁺ [whose] son or ox will fall into a well will not also immediately pull him up on [the] day of the Sabbath?” VP
6 And they were not able to reply to these things. VP
7 And He was speaking a parable to those invited, remarking how they were choosing out the first places, saying to them, VP
8 “When you are invited by anyone to [the] wedding feasts, do not recline in the first place, lest ever [one] more honorable than you may have been invited by him. VP
9 And the [one] having invited you and him, having come, will say to you, ‘Give to this one [the] place,’ and then you should begin with shame to take the last place. VP
10 But when you are invited, having gone, recline in the last place, so that when the [one] having invited you might come, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’ Then glory will be to you before all those reclining [with] you. VP
11 For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the [one] humbling himself will be exalted.” VP
12 And also He was saying to the [one] having invited Him, “When you may make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest ever they should also invite you in return, and repayment be made to you. VP
13 But when you may make a feast, call [the] poor, [the] crippled, [the] lame, [the] blind, VP
14 and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.” VP
15 And one of those reclining with [Him], having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed [is] anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.” VP
16 But He said to him, “A certain man was preparing a great supper, and he called many. VP
17 And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, ‘Come, because now [it] is ready.’ VP
18 And all with one [voice] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I have need [of] going out to see it. I ask you, have me excused.’ VP
19 And another said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I request of you, have me excused.’ VP
20 And another said, ‘I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.’ VP
21 And having come, the servant reported these things to his master. Then, having become angry, the master of the house said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ VP
22 And the servant said, ‘Lord, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.’ VP
23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the roads and hedges and compel [them] to enter, so that my house may be filled. VP
24 For I say to you⁺ that not one of those men having been called will taste my supper.’” VP
25 And great crowds were going with Him, and having turned, He said to them, VP
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 life, he is not able to be My disciple. VP
27 Whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me is not able to be My disciple. VP
28 For which of you⁺, wanting to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the cost, whether he has [the] [things] for [its] completion, VP
29 lest ever, [of him] having laid its foundation and not being able to finish, all seeing [it] may begin to mock him, VP
30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? VP
31 Or what king proceeding to engage with another king in war will not, having sat down, first take counsel, whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the [one] coming against him with twenty thousand? VP
32 And if not, [in] his being still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks for peace. VP
33 So therefore, every one of you⁺ who does not take leave of all that he himself possesses is not able to be My disciple. VP
34 Therefore the salt [is] good, but if even the salt should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? VP
35 It is fit neither for soil nor for manure; they cast it out. The [one] having ears to hear, let him hear.” VP