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New American Standard Bible 1995

1One Sabbath, Jesus went to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal. The guests were watching Jesus closely.

1It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.

2A man whose body was swollen with fluid suddenly appeared in front of him.

2And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

3So Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the Law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"

3And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

4But they kept silent. So he took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

4But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

5Then he asked them, "If your son or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?"

5And He said to them, "Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

6And they couldn't argue with him about this.

6And they could make no reply to this.

7When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

7And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

8"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host.

8"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

9Then the host who invited both of you would come to you and say, 'Give this person your place.' In disgrace, you would have to take the place of least honor.

9and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

10But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, 'Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you.

10"But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

11Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

11"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

12Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

12And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

13Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

13"But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

14Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."

14and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

15Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

15When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

16Jesus told him, "A man gave a large banquet and invited many people.

16But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, 'Come! Everything is now ready.'

17and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'

18Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first told him, 'I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.'

18"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

19Another said, 'I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

19"Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'

20Still another said, 'I recently got married, so I can't come.'

20"Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

21"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, 'Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

21"And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

22The servant said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'

22"And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

23Then the master told the servant, 'Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.

23"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

24Because I tell all of you, none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"

24'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'"

25Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and told them,

25Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

26"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

27Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

27"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. He will first sit down and estimate the cost to see whether he has enough money to finish it, won't he?

28"For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

29Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

29"Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

30and say, 'This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

30saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

31"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

31"Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

32"Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

33In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

33"So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

34"Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored?

34"Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

35It's suitable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

35"It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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