CHAPTER 14
One Sabbath,
Jesus
went
to eat
in
the home
of a
leading
Pharisee,
and
those in attendance
were
watching Him closely.
So
Jesus
asked
the
experts in the law
and
the Pharisees,
“Is it lawful
to heal
on the
Sabbath
or
not?”
And
He asked
them,
“Which
of you
whose son
or
ox
falls
into
a pit
on
the
Sabbath
day
will not
immediately
pull him out?”
“When
you are invited
to
a wedding banquet,
do not
sit
in
the
place of honor,
in case
someone more distinguished
than you
has been
invited.
Then
the
host who invited
both of you
will come
and tell
you,
‘Give
this man
your seat.’
And
in
humiliation,
you will have
to take
the
last
place.
But
when
you are invited,
go
and sit
in
the
last
place,
so that
your host
will come
and tell
you,
‘Friend,
move up
to a better place.’
Then
you
will be
honored
in front of
everyone
at the table
with you.
For
everyone
who
exalts
himself
will be humbled,
and
the one who
humbles
himself
will be exalted.”
Then
Jesus said
to the man who
had invited
Him,
“When
you host
a dinner
or
a banquet,
do not
invite
your
friends
or
brothers
or
relatives
or
rich
neighbors.
Otherwise,
they
may invite
you in return,
and
you
will be
repaid.
and
you will be
blessed.
Since
they cannot
repay
you,
you
will be repaid
at
the
resurrection
of the
righteous.”
When
one
of those
reclining with Him
heard
this,
he said
to Jesus,
“Blessed is everyone
who
will eat at the feast
in
the
kingdom
of God.”
When it was
time
for the
banquet,
he sent
his
servant
to tell
those
who had been invited,
‘Come,
for
everything is
now
ready.’
But
one after another,
they all
began
to make excuses.
The
first one
said,
‘I have bought
a field
and
I
need
to go
see
it.
Please
excuse
me.’
Another
said,
‘I have bought
five
yoke
of oxen
and
I am going
to try
them out.
Please
excuse
me.’
The
servant
returned
and reported
all this
to
his
master.
Then
the
owner of the house
became angry
and said
to
his
servant,
‘Go out
quickly
into
the
streets
and
alleys
of the
city,
and
bring in
the
poor,
the crippled,
the blind,
and
the lame.'
So
the
master
told
his
servant,
‘Go out
to
the
highways
and
the hedges
and
compel them
to come in,
so that
my
house
will be full.
“If
anyone
comes
to
Me
and
does not
hate
his
father
and
mother
and
wife
and
children
and
brothers
and
sisters—
yes,
even
his
own
life—
he cannot
be
My
disciple.
Which
of
you,
wishing
to build
a tower,
does not
first
sit down
and count
the
cost
to see if
he has the resources
to
complete it?
Otherwise,
if he lays
the
foundation
and
is unable
to finish the work,
everyone
who
sees it
will ridicule
him,
Or
what
king
on his way
to war
with another
king
will not first sit down
and consider
whether
he
can
engage
with
ten
thousand men
the one
coming
against
him
with
twenty
thousand?
And
if
he is unable,
he will send
a delegation
while the other king
is
still
far off,
to ask
for
terms of peace.
It is
fit
neither
for
the soil
nor
for
the manure pile,
and it
is thrown
out.
He who
has
ears
to hear,
let him hear.”