Luk 14:2 And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Luk 14:3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

Luk 14:4 But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

Luk 14:5 And He said to them, "Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

Luk 14:6 And they could make no reply to this.

Luk 14:7 And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Luk 14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

Luk 14:9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

Luk 14:10 But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

Luk 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Luk 14:12 And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

Luk 14:13 But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

Luk 14:14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

Luk 14:15 When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Luk 14:16 But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

Luk 14:17 and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'

Luk 14:18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

Luk 14:19 Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'

Luk 14:20 Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

Luk 14:21 And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

Luk 14:22 And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

Luk 14:23 And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Luk 14:24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'"

Luk 14:25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

Luk 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

Luk 14:27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Luk 14:28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Luk 14:29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

Luk 14:30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

Luk 14:31 Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Luk 14:32 Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Luk 14:33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Luk 14:34 "Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

Luk 14:35 It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Luk 15:1 Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.

Luk 15:2 Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

Luk 15:3 So He told them this parable, saying,

Luk 15:4 "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

Luk 15:5 When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luk 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

Luk 15:7 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luk 15:8 "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

Luk 15:9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!'

Luk 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Luk 15:11 And He said, "A man had two sons.

Luk 15:12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' So he divided his wealth between them.

Luk 15:13 And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Luk 15:14 Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

Luk 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luk 15:16 And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.

Luk 15:17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

Luk 15:18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;

Luk 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."'

Luk 15:20 So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Luk 15:21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

Luk 15:22 But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

Luk 15:23 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;

Luk 15:24 for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

Luk 15:25 "Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luk 15:26 And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.

Luk 15:27 And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

Luk 15:28 But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Luk 15:29 But he answered and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

Luk 15:30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

Luk 15:31 And he said to him, 'Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.

Luk 15:32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'"