Luke · 35 verses
Luke 14
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A man buys a field, accepts a banquet invitation, and only then discovers that the field needs seeing.
A Sabbath meal, with a question in itvv. 1–14
At the home of a leading Pharisee, Jesus finds a man with dropsy placed directly before Him, while the law experts and Pharisees watch in silence. He heals the man, then leaves the company with a small puzzle involving a son or an ox in a pit. The guests meanwhile are choosing the best seats, so Jesus tells them to begin at the last place and tells the host to invite those who cannot repay him. It is a dinner in which the seating plan and the guest list both receive attention.
The banquet with room left overvv. 15–24
A great banquet is prepared, and the invited guests decline it in a procession of excuses: a newly bought field, five yoke of oxen, and a wife. The field is especially splendidly timed; its owner must inspect it only after accepting the invitation. The servant brings in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame, but there is still room, so the master sends him beyond the city to the highways and hedges. The house is to be full, though the original guests will not taste the banquet.
The cost, and the manure pilevv. 25–35
Large crowds travel with Jesus, and He speaks of discipleship in the severe language of hatred, a cross, renunciation, and arithmetic. A tower must be counted before its foundation is laid; a king must calculate ten thousand against twenty thousand before the armies meet. Then the chapter drops from kings and towers to salt. Salt that has lost its savor is not even granted the dignity of the manure pile, but is thrown out.
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Luke 14:1One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
Luke 14:2Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.
Luke 14:3So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
Luke 14:4But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
Luke 14:5And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
Luke 14:6And they were unable to answer these questions.
Luke 14:7When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
Luke 14:8“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
Luke 14:9Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
Luke 14:10But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 14:12Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luke 14:15When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 14:16But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
Luke 14:17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Luke 14:18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
Luke 14:19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Luke 14:20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
Luke 14:21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Luke 14:22‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
Luke 14:23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
Luke 14:24For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
Luke 14:25Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:28Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Luke 14:29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
Luke 14:30saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
Luke 14:35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 326 passages were voted onto 32 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 26Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- 26John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- 28Proverbs 24:27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- 26Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- 26Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- 11Matthew 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- 11Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 26Psalms 73:25–26Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- 11Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- 26Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- 33Philippians 3:7–8But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- 26Deuteronomy 13:6–8If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- 27Matthew 10:38and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- 331 John 2:15–16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- 11James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 33Luke 5:28and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
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