Luke 14:1-14.
Luke 14:1-14 (Good News Translation)
1One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading
Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely.
2A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus,
3and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the
Pharisees,
"Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?"
4But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed
him, and sent him away.
5Then he said to them,
"If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in
a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath
itself"
6But they were not able to answer him about this.
7Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best
places, so he told this parable to all of them:
8"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit
down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than
you has been invited,
9and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and
say to you,
"Let him have this place." Then you would be embarrassed and
have to sit in the lowest place.
10Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest
place, so that your host will come to you and say,
"Come on up, my friend, to a better place." This will bring you
honor in the presence of all the other guests.
11For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and
those who humble themselves will be made great.
"
12Then Jesus said to his host,
"When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends
or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors—for they will
invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.
13When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, and the blind;
14and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you
back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.
"
God bless you.
1One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading
Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely.
2A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus,
3and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the
Pharisees,
"Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?"
4But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed
him, and sent him away.
5Then he said to them,
"If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in
a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath
itself"
6But they were not able to answer him about this.
7Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best
places, so he told this parable to all of them:
8"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit
down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than
you has been invited,
9and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and
say to you,
"Let him have this place." Then you would be embarrassed and
have to sit in the lowest place.
10Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest
place, so that your host will come to you and say,
"Come on up, my friend, to a better place." This will bring you
honor in the presence of all the other guests.
11For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and
those who humble themselves will be made great.
"
12Then Jesus said to his host,
"When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends
or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors—for they will
invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.
13When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, and the blind;
14and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you
back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.
"
God bless you.
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