Luke 14

Luke 14:1

• One sabbath when
• One Sabbath, when
• One Sabbath
• One sabbath,
• One Sabbath day

• Jesus
• He
• he

• went to

• eat at the
• dine at the
• eat in the

• house of a
• house of one of the
• home of one of the
• home of a

• leading
• leader of the
• leaders of the
• ruler of the
• prominent

• Pharisees,
• Pharisees.
• Pharisee, the
• Pharisee. The
• Pharisees, and the
• Pharisees; and

• they
• They
• people there
• people

• were
• were all

• watching

• Him
• him
• Jesus

• closely.
• carefully.
• very closely.

Luke 14:2

• There, in front of
• There in front of
• In front of

• him,
• him
• him, there
• him there

• was a
• was

• man suffering from
• man with

• dropsy.
• dropsy,

Luke 14:3

• Jesus,
• Jesus
• And Jesus,
• And Jesus
• So Jesus

• asked the
• spoke to the
• answering, spoke to the
• said to the

• lawyers and
• Pharisees and

• Pharisees,
• experts in the
• teachers of the

• saying, “
• law, “

• Is it

• lawful to
• right to
• right or wrong to
• permitted to

• heal on the
• cure on the
• cure people on the

• sabbath, or
• Sabbath, or
• Sabbath or
• sabbath or
• Sabbath

• not?
• not?”
• not?’
• day?”

Luke 14:4

• But they
• They

• remained
• kept
• were
• said
• didn’t

• silent.
• silent. And
• silent, and
• silent, so
• silent. So

• He
• he
• Jesus
• So Jesus

• took the
• took hold of the
• took
• took hold of

• man,
• man and
• him, and
• him and

• healed
• cured

• him, and
• him and

• sent
• let

• him
• him on his

• away.
• go.
• go;
• way.

Luke 14:5

• Then he
• Then He
• And he
• And He
• He
• Jesus

• said to
• answered
• asked

• them: “Which of
• them, Which of
• them, “Which of
• them, “If one of
• them, “Who among

• you
• you,
• you, if

• your
• has a
• having a

• son or an ox that has fallen into a

• well on the
• well on a

• Sabbath

• day,
• day.

• will
• Would

• not
• you not

• immediately pull him out?”

Luke 14:6

• and they
• And they
• They
• But they
• To this they

• could not
• could find no
• were unable to
• had no

• reply to this.
• reply.
• answer.

Luke 14:7

• When he
• Jesus

• noticed how the guests

• chose the
• picked the

• places of honor, he

• told
• gave

• them a
• them this

• parable—
• parable:
• parable.
• advice.
• advice:

Luke 14:8

• “When you
• ‘When you

• are

• invited by
• asked by

• someone to a
• anyone to a

• wedding
• marriage

• feast.
• feast,
• banquet,

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t

• take the place of honor, lest someone more

• distinguished than
• important than
• distinguished

• you may have been invited by

• your host.
• your host;
• your host,
• him,
• him;

Luke 14:9

• and he who
• and the host who
• The one who
• and the one who
• The host, who
• The host who
• If so, the host who

• invited both of
• invited

• you
• you,
• you both

• will
• may
• would

• come and say to

• you, ‘
• you ‘

• Give
• Make

• place to this
• your place to this
• room for this

• man,’ and
• person.’
• person
• person,’ and

• then
• Then

• you

• will
• would

• begin, with
• begin with

• shame, to
• shame to

• take the

• lowest
• last
• least important

• place.

Luke 14:10

• “But when you
• But when you
• Rather, when you

• are invited, go and

• take the
• sit in the
• recline in the
• sit down in the

• lowest
• last
• least important

• place.
• place
• place,

• so that when the
• so that when

• one who
• he who

• invited you

• comes
• comes,

• he

• will
• may

• say to
• tell

• you, ‘
• you, “

• Friend,

• move
• go

• up

• higher!’
• higher.’
• higher’;

• then
• Then

• you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

Luke 14:11

• For everyone who exalts

• himself
• themselves
• himself up

• will be

• humbled, and
• humbled, and the
• humbled, but the

• one who
• he who

• humbles

• himself
• themselves

• will be

• exalted.”
• exalted.’
• honored.”
• honored.
• lifted up.”

Luke 14:12

• He said also to the

• man who
• one who

• had invited

• him, “When
• Him, When
• him: When
• him: “When
• Him, “When

• you give a dinner or a

• banquet,
• supper,

• do

• not
• n’t

• invite
• ask

• your

• friends, or
• friends or
• friends,

• your

• brothers or
• brothers, or

• your

• relatives, or
• relatives or
• relations or
• relations, or
• relatives, and
• relatives and

• rich
• wealthy

• neighbors, in case
• neighbors, lest
• neighbors.
• neighbors;
• neighbors, because

• they
• They

• will
• also
• might

• invite
• ask

• you
• you in

• back, and
• back and
• return, and
• return and

• you

• will be
• would be
• be

• repaid.
• paid back.

Luke 14:13

• Instead, invite the

• poor, the
• poor,
• poor.

• crippled, the
• maimed, the

• lame, and the
• lame and the
• lame, the
• lame, or

• blind,
• blind;
• blind.

Luke 14:14

• And you
• and you
• Then you
• then you
• You

• will be

• blessed, because
• blessed because

• they

• can
• have no

• not

• repay
• pay

• you, for
• you. For
• you; for
• you.
• you,
• you!

• you
• You

• will be repaid at the resurrection of the

• righteous. “
• righteous.”
• good.
• good.”
• just.”

Luke 14:15

• One of the men sitting at the table with

• Him
• him
• Jesus

• heard these

• things,
• things. The

• he
• man

• said to

• Him, “
• him, “
• Jesus, “

• Blessed
• Happy

• is
• is the

• everyone who
• one who
• he who
• person who
• man who

• will
• shall

• eat
• eat at the

• bread in the
• feast in the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• God!
• God.”
• God!”
• God!’

Luke 14:16

• Jesus
• But he
• But He
• But Jesus
• Then He
• Then Jesus

• said to
• replied, “A
• replied: “A
• said
• said, “
• told

• him: A
• him, “A
• him, ‘A
• him: “A
• him, ‘A certain
• him, “A certain
• certain

• man
• man who

• gave a
• was giving a
• made a
• once gave a
• was preparing a

• great
• big
• large

• banquet and
• banquet, and
• dinner, and
• dinner and
• dinner.
• supper and
• feast and

• invited
• He invited

• many

• people.
• people,
• guests.

Luke 14:17

• When it was

• time for the
• time
• time to
• time of the

• banquet
• banquet,
• eat,

• he sent his

• servant to
• slave to

• say to those who
• tell the
• say to those who had been
• tell those who had been
• tell those who
• say to those

• invited, ‘
• invited ‘
• guests, ‘
• had been invited, ‘
• had been invited, “
• were invited, ‘

• Come, for
• Come; for
• Come.
• Come!
• Come,
• Come
• Come. The
• Come! The
• Come, the
• Come, because

• Everything
• everything
• now—
• now

• is
• is now

• ready.
• ready.’
• ready!’
• ready.”
• ready now.’
• ready now.”

Luke 14:18

• But they all alike began to make

• excuses. The
• excuses. “The

• first
• first one

• said to

• him,
• him, ‘

• I

• have bought a
• bought a
• have just bought a
• have purchased a

• field, and
• piece of land and
• piece of land, and

• I

• must
• must go and
• need to
• must go
• must go out and

• see
• go and see
• look at
• go and look at

• it.
• it;
• it. I

• please
• Please
• ask you to

• excuse
• accept
• have
• consider

• me.”
• me.’
• me excused.
• me excused.’
• my apologies.’
• my apologies.”
• my regrets.’

Luke 14:19

• Another said, “
• Another said, ‘
• “Another said, ‘
• And another said,
• And another said, ‘
• Another one said, ‘
• Another man said, ‘
• Another man said, “

• I

• have bought five
• have just bought five
• bought five
• just bought five
• have purchased five

• yoke of
• pairs of
• teams of

• oxen, and I

• am
• must

• going to
• go and
• go to

• try
• examine

• them out.
• them out—
• them out;
• them.

• please
• Please

• excuse
• consider
• accept

• me.”
• me.’
• me excused.
• me excused.’

Luke 14:20

• And another said,
• And another said, ‘
• Another said, ‘
• “Another said, ‘
• Another one said, “
• Another one said, ‘
• Still another said, ‘
• And another one said, ‘

• I have married a wife, and because of this I

• can
• ca
• am
• am not

• not
• n’t
• unable to
• able to

• come.’
• come.”
• come.

Luke 14:21

• The servant
• “The servant
• “So the servant
• So the servant
• So the slave
• “So the slave
• And the slave

• returned and
• came back and
• went back and
• came
• came, and

• told
• reported this to

• his

• master.
• master. “
• lord these things.

• Then the

• master of the
• owner of the

• house
• house,
• household

• became
• was
• being

• angry and
• angry,
• angry
• furious and

• said to
• ordered

• his

• servant ‘
• servant,
• servant, ‘
• servant, “
• slave, ‘

• Go out
• Go out at
• Go

• quickly into the
• once into the
• quickly to the

• streets and

• alleys of the
• lanes of the

• town, and
• town and
• city, and
• town.

• bring in the
• Bring in the
• bring the

• poor, the
• poor and
• poor,
• poor and the
• poor, and the

• crippled, the
• crippled and
• maimed,
• maimed and

• blind, and the
• blind and the
• blind, and
• blind and
• blind
• blind or
• blind, or

• lame.’
• lame.
• lame.”
• lame!’

Luke 14:22

• The servant
• And the slave
• And the servant

• said, ‘
• said ‘

• Sir, what
• Sir,

• you ordered has been

• done, but there
• done. But there
• done, and there
• carried out and there

• is still

• room.”
• room.’
• room for more people.”
• room for more people.’
• room for more.’

Luke 14:23

• Then the master
• “Then the master
• The master
• And the master
• So the master

• said to the

• servant,
• servant, ‘
• servant, “
• slave, ‘

• Go out into the
• Go out to the

• highways and
• roads and
• highways and along the
• roads and country

• hedges and
• hedges, and
• lanes, and
• lanes and
• hedgerows and
• lanes.

• make
• compel
• urge

• them to
• people to
• people
• them

• come in, so that
• come in that
• come in, that
• come in,
• come in
• come
• come,

• my
• so that my

• house

• will
• may

• be

• full!
• full;
• full.
• filled!
• filled;
• filled.

Luke 14:24

• for I
• For I
• For, I
• I

• tell
• say to

• you,
• you, that
• you that
• you all that

• none of those
• not one of those who
• not one of those
• none of those who

• men who were
• were
• people who were

• invited

• will
• shall

• taste
• taste of
• get a taste of

• my

• banquet.”
• banquet! ”’
• banquet. ”’
• banquet.” ’
• dinner! ”’
• dinner. ”’
• supper. ”’
• supper.
• supper.’

Luke 14:25

• Large
• Now large
• Great
• A large
• Now great
• Many

• crowds
• crowds of people

• were

• traveling with
• going along with
• accompanying

• Jesus.
• Jesus,
• him, and
• Him; and
• Him. And
• him; and
• Him.
• him,
• him.

• He
• he

• turned and
• turned to

• said to them:
• said to them,
• them,
• them.
• them and said,
• them and said:

Luke 14:26

• “If anyone comes to

• Me, and
• Me and
• me, and
• me and

• does

• not
• n’t

• hate

• his own
• their
• his

• father, and
• father and
• father,

• mother,
• mother and
• mother, and

• wife and
• wife, and
• wife,

• children,
• children, and
• children and

• brothers, and
• brothers and

• sisters, yes, and his own life also, he

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• my
• My

• disciple.
• follower.

Luke 14:27

• Whoever does
• If you do
• And whoever does

• not
• n’t

• carry
• bear

• his own
• his
• their own
• their
• your

• cross, and
• cross and
• own cross and

• follow
• come after
• come with

• Me
• me
• me,
• me, he
• Me, he
• me, you

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• my
• My

• disciple.
• follower.
• disciples.

Luke 14:28

• “For which of you,
• For which of you,
• If one of you
• “If one of you
• “If you
• If you

• want to
• wanting to
• wanted to
• intending to
• desiring to

• build a

• tower
• tower,
• tower.

• does
• would
• Would
• Wo

• not
• n’t

• first
• you first

• sit down and

• calculate the
• count the
• estimate the

• cost, to
• cost to

• see if

• you
• he

• have
• has
• had

• enough money to
• enough to

• complete
• finish
• finish the

• it—
• it?—
• it?
• it.
• it,
• job.

Luke 14:29

• otherwise, when he
• Otherwise, when he
• Otherwise, when you
• Otherwise after he
• Otherwise, after he

• has
• have

• laid the
• laid a

• foundation, and
• foundation and

• is
• are

• not

• able to finish
• able to
• finish

• finish, all who see it

• will begin to
• begin to

• ridicule
• mock
• make fun of

• you.
• you,
• you:
• him.
• him,
• him

Luke 14:30

• saying, This
• saying, ‘This
• They will say, “This
• They will say, ‘This
• They would say, ‘This

• man
• person
• fellow
• person who

• began to
• started to

• build, and
• build and
• build but

• was
• could

• not
• n’t

• able to
• finish the

• finish.
• finish!”
• finish’?
• finish!’
• finish.’
• job.’
• job.”

Luke 14:31

• Or what king, going out to encounter another king in

• battle,
• war,

• will
• does

• not sit down first and

• consider whether
• deliberate whether
• decide if

• he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against

• him with twenty thousand?
• him with twenty thousand.
• him?

Luke 14:32

• Or else, while the other is

• yet a
• still a

• great way off, he

• sends a
• sends an
• will send a

• delegation and

• asks for
• ask for
• asks

• terms of
• conditions of

• peace.

Luke 14:33

• “In the same
• In the same

• way, none of you can

• be
• become

• my disciple unless you

• give up
• give up all

• his own possessions.
• your possessions.

Luke 14:34

• “Salt
• “Salt,
• ‘Salt

• is
• is a

• good; but if
• good. But if
• good, but if
• good. But if the
• good; but, if the
• good; but if the
• good thing. But if the

• salt
• it
• salt itself

• loses
• has lost

• its

• taste, how
• flavor, how

• can its

• saltiness
• flavor

• be

• restored?
• seasoned?

Luke 14:35

• It

• is
• is no
• is of no

• good for the
• fit neither for the
• fit for the

• soil nor for the
• soil or for the

• manure

• pile;
• pile.

• it
• It

• is

• thrown out.
• thrown out. “

• He who has ears to

• hear,
• hear

• let him

• hear!”
• hear.’
• hear.”