Luke 14

About Luke Luke gives an orderly account of Jesus' life, with special care for the poor, outsiders and women.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.SelectedLuke 14:1Ask

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.SelectedLuke 14:2Ask

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?SelectedLuke 14:3Ask

And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;SelectedLuke 14:4Ask

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?SelectedLuke 14:5Ask

And they could not answer him again to these things.SelectedLuke 14:6Ask

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,SelectedLuke 14:7Ask

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;SelectedLuke 14:8Ask

And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.SelectedLuke 14:9Ask

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.SelectedLuke 14:10Ask

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.SelectedLuke 14:11Ask

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.SelectedLuke 14:12Ask

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:SelectedLuke 14:13Ask

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.SelectedLuke 14:14Ask

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.SelectedLuke 14:15Ask

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:SelectedLuke 14:16Ask

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.SelectedLuke 14:17Ask

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.SelectedLuke 14:18Ask

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.SelectedLuke 14:19Ask

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.SelectedLuke 14:20Ask

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.SelectedLuke 14:21Ask

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.SelectedLuke 14:22Ask

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.SelectedLuke 14:23Ask

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.SelectedLuke 14:24Ask

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,SelectedLuke 14:25Ask

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.SelectedLuke 14:26Ask

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.SelectedLuke 14:27Ask

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?SelectedLuke 14:28Ask

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,SelectedLuke 14:29Ask

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.SelectedLuke 14:30Ask

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?SelectedLuke 14:31Ask

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.SelectedLuke 14:32Ask

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.SelectedLuke 14:33Ask

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?SelectedLuke 14:34Ask

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.SelectedLuke 14:35Ask

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