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

1One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

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

2And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

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

3And Jesus responded 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 remained silent. Then he took 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 of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

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

6And they could not reply to these things.

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

7Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, 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 sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be 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 person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest 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.

10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

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

11For 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.

12He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

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

13But when you give a feast, 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, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

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 reclined at table with him heard these things, 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 once gave a great banquet and 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 time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

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.'

18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’

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

19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’

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

20And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore 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.'

21So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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

22And the servant said, ‘Sir, 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.

23And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, 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.'"

24For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”

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

25Now great crowds accompanied 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.

27Whoever does not bear 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?

28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether 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

29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock 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?

31Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes 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.

32And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, 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."

33So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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

34“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

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!"

35It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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