Verse 7
Luke 14:7
World Messianic Bible
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He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
Original Language Text
greek
Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς·
English Translation
He was saying to the invited guests a parable, observing how they were choosing the places of honor, saying to them;
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Chapter 14 Context
1
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they we...
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2
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
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3
Yashua (Jesus), answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,
“Is it lawful to heal on the...
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4
But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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5
He answered them,
“Which of you, if your son
or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull hi...
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6
They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
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7
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and sai...
8
“When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps some...
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9
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would...
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10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he...
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11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
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12
He also said to the one who had invited him,
“When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your fr...
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13
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
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14
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid...
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15
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he w...
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16
But he said to him,
“A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
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17
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is rea...
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18
They all as one began to make excuses.
“The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must g...
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19
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused...
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20
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
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21
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said...
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22
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
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23
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, th...
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24
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”
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25
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard
his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and...
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27
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
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28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if h...
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29
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to m...
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30
saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
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31
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whe...
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32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peac...
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33
So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
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34
Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
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35
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear,...
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