Luke 14:1 (WEB) - 1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Luke Chapter 1 to 24)
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Luke 14:2 (WEB) - 2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
Luke 14:3 (WEB) - 3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Luke 14:4 (WEB) - 4
But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
Luke 14:5 (WEB) - 5 He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
Luke 14:6 (WEB)
6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
Luke 14:7 (WEB)
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
Luke 14:8 (WEB)
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
Luke 14:9 (WEB) - 9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
Luke 14:10 (WEB) - 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
Luke 14:11 (WEB) - 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 14:12 (WEB) - 12 He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 14:13 (WEB)
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Luke 14:14 (WEB)
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luke 14:15 (WEB) - 15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
Luke 14:16, 16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; - RSV
Luke 14:17 (WEB) - 17 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
Luke 14:18 (WEB) - 18
They all as one began to make excuses.
“The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
They all as one began to make excuses.
“The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
Luke 14:19 (WEB) - 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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