路加福音 14

在安息日治好臌脹的人

1 安息日，耶穌到一個法利賽人的首領家裏去吃飯，他們就窺探他。 2 在他面前有一個患水臌的人。 3 耶穌對律法師和法利賽人說：「安息日治病可以不可以？」 4 他們卻不言語。耶穌就治好那人，叫他走了； 5 便對他們說：「你們中間誰有驢或有牛，在安息日掉在井裏，不立時拉牠上來呢？」 6 他們不能對答這話。

給客人和主人的教訓

7 耶穌見所請的客揀擇首位，就用比喻對他們說： 8 「你被人請去赴婚姻的筵席，不要坐在首位上，恐怕有比你尊貴的客被他請來； 9 那請你們的人前來對你說：『讓座給這一位吧！』你就羞羞慚慚地退到末位上去了。 10 你被請的時候，就去坐在末位上，好叫那請你的人來對你說：『朋友，請上座。』那時，你在同席的人面前就有光彩了。 11 因為，凡自高的，必降為卑；自卑的，必升為高。」 12 耶穌又對請他的人說：「你擺設午飯或晚飯，不要請你的朋友、弟兄、親屬，和富足的鄰舍，恐怕他們也請你，你就得了報答。 13 你擺設筵席，倒要請那貧窮的、殘廢的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的，你就有福了！ 14 因為他們沒有甚麼可報答你。到義人復活的時候，你要得著報答。」

大筵席的比喻

（太22‧1－10）

15 同席的有一人聽見這話，就對耶穌說：「在上帝國裏吃飯的有福了！」 16 耶穌對他說：「有一人擺設大筵席，請了許多客。 17 到了坐席的時候，打發僕人去對所請的人說：『請來吧！樣樣都齊備了。』 18 眾人一口同音地推辭。頭一個說：『我買了一塊地，必須去看看。請你准我辭了。』 19 又有一個說：『我買了五對牛，要去試一試。請你准我辭了。』 20 又有一個說：『我才娶了妻，所以不能去。』 21 那僕人回來，把這事都告訴了主人。家主就動怒，對僕人說：『快出去，到城裏大街小巷，領那貧窮的、殘廢的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的來。』 22 僕人說：『主啊，你所吩咐的已經辦了，還有空座。』 23 主人對僕人說：『你出去到路上和籬笆那裏，勉強人進來，坐滿我的屋子。 24 我告訴你們，先前所請的人沒有一個得嘗我的筵席。』」

作門徒的代價

（太10‧37－38）

25 有極多的人和耶穌同行。他轉過來對他們說： 26 「人到我這裏來，若不愛我勝過愛t自己的父母、妻子、兒女、弟兄、姊妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的門徒。 27 凡不背著自己十字架跟從我的，也不能作我的門徒。 28 你們哪一個要蓋一座樓，不先坐下算計花費，能蓋成不能呢？ 29 恐怕安了地基，不能成功，看見的人都笑話他，說： 30 『這個人開了工，卻不能完工。』 31 或是一個王出去和別的王打仗，豈不先坐下酌量，能用一萬兵去敵那領二萬兵來攻打他的嗎？ 32 若是不能，就趁敵人還遠的時候，派使者去求和息的條款。 33 這樣，你們無論甚麼人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的門徒。」

失味的鹽

（太5‧13；可9‧50）

34 「鹽本是好的；鹽若失了味，可用甚麼叫它再鹹呢？ 35 或用在田裏，或堆在糞裏，都不合式，只好丟在外面。有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」

Luke 14

Healing Again on the Sabbath

1 Nowt one Sabbath when Jesus went to dinet at the house of a leadert of the Pharisees,s they were watchings him closely.2 Theret rightt in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.s3 Sot Jesus askedt the experts in religious lawt and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths or not?”4 But they remained silent. Sot Jesust took hold of the man,t healed him, and sent him away.t5 Thent he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a sons or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

6 Butt they could not replys to this.

On Seeking Seats of Honor

7 Thent when Jesust noticed how the guestst chose the places of honor,t he told them a parable. He said to them,8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast,t do not taket the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.t9 Sot the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed,t you will begin to move to the least importantt place.10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your hostt approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’t Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, butt the one who humbless himself will be exalted.”
12 Het said also to the mans who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet,t don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.13 But when you host an elaborate meal,t invite the poor, the crippled,s the lame, andt the blind.s

14 Thent you will be blessed,s because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaids at the resurrection of the righteous.”

The Parable of the Great Banquet

15 Whent one of those at the meal with Jesust heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyonet who will feastt in the kingdom of God!”s16 But Jesust said to him, “A man once gave a great banquett and inviteds many guests.t17 Att the time for the banquett he sent his slavet to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’18 But one after another they allt began to make excuses.s The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field,s and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’s19 Anothert said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen,s and I am going outt to examine them. Please excuse me.’20 Anothert said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’s21 Sot the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furioust and said to his slave, ‘Go out quicklys to the streets and alleys of the city,t and bring in the poor,s the crippled,t the blind, and the lame.’22 Thent the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’s23 Sot the master said to hist slave, ‘Go out to the highwayss and country roadst and urget peoplet to come in, so that my house will be filled.s

24 For I tell you, not one of those individualst who were inviteds will taste my banquet!’”t

Counting the Cost

25 Now large crowdss were accompanying Jesus,t and turning to them he said,26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hatet his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life,t he cannot be my disciple.27 Whoever does not carry his own crosss and followt me cannot be my disciple.28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit downt first and compute the costt to see if he has enough money to complete it?29 Otherwise,t when he has laidt a foundation and is not able to finish the tower,t all who see itt will begin to make fun oft him.30 They will say,t ‘This mans began to build and was not able to finish!’s31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit downt first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to opposet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?32 If he cannot succeed,t he will send a representativet while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.s

33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.ts
34 “Saltts is good, but if salt loses its flavor,s how can its flavor be restored?

35 It is of no valuet for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out.t The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”t