KJ3 Literal Translation
Luke 14
2 Christ heals the dropsy on the sabbath. 15 The parable of the great supper.
1And it occurred, on His going into a house of one of the Pharisee leaders on a sabbath to eat bread, and they were closely observing Him.
2And behold, a certain man was dropsical before Him.
3And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?
4And they were silent. And taking the man, He healed him and sent him away.
5And answering to them He said, Whose ass or ox of yours shall fall into a pit, and he will not at once pull it up on the sabbath day?
6And they were not able to reply to Him against these things.
7And He spoke a parable to the ones who had been invited, noting how they were choosing the chief seats, saying to them,
8When you are invited by anyone to wedding feasts, do not recline at the chief seat lest one more honorable than you be invited by him,
9and coming, he who invited you and him will say to you, Give this one place. And then you begin with shame to take the last place.
10But when you are invited, going, recline at the last place, so that when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then glory will be to you before those reclining with you.
11For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.
12And He also said to him having invited Him, When you make a dinner or supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also should invite you in return, and it become a repayment to you.
13But when you make a banquet, call the poor ones, the crippled ones, the lame ones, the blind ones;
14and you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just.
15And one of those reclining with Him, hearing these things, he said to Him, Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.
16But He said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.
17And he sent his slave at the supper hour to say to the ones who had been invited, Come, for now all is ready.
18And all with one mind began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it; I ask you, have me excused.
19And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen and I am going to try them out; I ask you, have me excused.
20And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.
21And having come near that slave reported these things to his lord. Then being angry, the housemaster said to his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor ones and crippled ones, and lame ones and blind ones.
22And the slave said, Sir, it has been done as you ordered, and still there is room.
23And the lord said to the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24For I say to you that not one of those men who had been invited shall taste of my supper.
25And great crowds came together to Him. And turning, He said to them,
26If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and besides, even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, he cannot be My disciple.
28For who of you desiring to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has the things to finish;
29that having laid a foundation, and not having strength to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him,
30saying, This man began to build, and did not have strength to finish.
31Or what king going to encounter another king in war does not first sit down and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet those coming upon him with twenty thousand?
32But if not, he being yet far off, sending a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
33So then every one of you who does not separate from all his possessions is not able to be My disciple.
34The salt is good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
35Neither for soil nor for manure is it fit; they throw it out. The one having ears to hear, let him hear.
Read Luke 14 in the interactive reader with the Hebrew and Greek side by side, audio narration, and the TWOT dictionary.
Open in the reader