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Luke 14
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Luke 14
English Standard Version
Healing of a Man on the Sabbath
14 One Sabbath, (A)when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were (B)watching him carefully. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to (C)the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, (D)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 And he said to them, (E)“Which of you, having a son[a] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” 6 (F)And they could not reply to these things.
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed (G)how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, (H)so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For (I)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
The Parable of the Great Banquet
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give (J)a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers[b] or your relatives or rich neighbors, (K)lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, (L)invite (M)the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid (N)at (O)the resurrection of the just.”
15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, (P)“Blessed is everyone who will (Q)eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 But he said to him, (R)“A man once (S)gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he (T)sent his servant[c] to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, (U)‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in (V)the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I tell you,[d] (W)none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”
The Cost of Discipleship
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 (X)“If anyone comes to me and (Y)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (Z)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 (AA)Whoever does not (AB)bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not (AC)first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not (AD)sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 (AE)So therefore, any one of you who (AF)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Salt Without Taste Is Worthless
34 (AG)“Salt is good, (AH)but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. (AI)He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Footnotes
- Luke 14:5 Some manuscripts a donkey
- Luke 14:12 Or your brothers and sisters
- Luke 14:17 Or bondservant; also verses 21 (twice), 22, 23
- Luke 14:24 The Greek word for you here is plural
Luca 14
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Luca 14
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Gesú guarisce un idropico
14 (A)Gesú entrò di sabato in casa di uno dei principali *farisei per prendere cibo, ed essi lo stavano osservando, 2 quando si presentò davanti a lui un idropico. 3 Gesú prese a dire ai *dottori della legge e ai farisei: «È lecito o no far guarigioni in giorno di sabato?» Ma essi tacquero. 4 Allora egli lo prese per mano, lo guarí e lo congedò. 5 Poi disse loro: «Chi di voi, se gli cade nel pozzo un figlio o un bue, non lo tira subito fuori in giorno di sabato?» 6 Ed essi non potevano risponder nulla in contrario.
Lezioni di umiltà e di carità
7 (B)Notando poi come gli invitati sceglievano i primi posti, disse loro questa *parabola: 8 «Quando sarai invitato a nozze da qualcuno, non ti mettere a tavola al primo posto, perché può darsi che sia stato invitato da lui qualcuno piú importante di te, 9 e chi ha invitato te e lui venga a dirti: “Cedi il posto a questo!” e tu debba con tua vergogna andare allora a occupare l'ultimo posto. 10 Ma quando sarai invitato, va' a metterti all'ultimo posto, affinché quando verrà colui che ti ha invitato, ti dica: “Amico, vieni piú avanti”. Allora ne avrai onore davanti a tutti quelli che saranno a tavola con te. 11 Poiché chiunque si innalza sarà abbassato e chi si abbassa sarà innalzato».
12 (C)Diceva pure a colui che lo aveva invitato: «Quando fai un pranzo o una cena, non invitare i tuoi amici, né i tuoi fratelli, né i tuoi parenti, né i vicini ricchi; perché essi potrebbero a loro volta invitare te, e cosí ti sarebbe reso il contraccambio; 13 ma quando fai un convito, chiama poveri, storpi, zoppi, ciechi; 14 e sarai beato, perché non hanno modo di contraccambiare; infatti il contraccambio ti sarà reso alla risurrezione dei giusti».
Parabola del gran convito
15 (D)Uno degli invitati, udite queste cose, gli disse: «Beato chi mangerà pane nel regno di Dio!» 16 Gesú gli disse: «Un uomo preparò una gran cena e invitò molti; 17 e all'ora della cena, mandò il suo servo a dire agli invitati: “Venite, perché tutto è già pronto”. 18 Tutti insieme cominciarono a scusarsi. Il primo gli disse: “Ho comprato un campo e ho necessità di andarlo a vedere; ti prego di scusarmi”. 19 Un altro disse: “Ho comprato cinque paia di buoi e vado a provarli; ti prego di scusarmi”. 20 Un altro disse: “Ho preso moglie, e perciò non posso venire”. 21 Il servo tornò e riferí queste cose al suo signore. Allora il padrone di casa si adirò e disse al suo servo: “Va' presto per le piazze e per le vie della città, e conduci qua poveri, storpi, ciechi e zoppi”. 22 Poi il servo disse: “Signore, si è fatto come hai comandato e c'è ancora posto”. 23 Il signore disse al servo: “Va' fuori per le strade e lungo le siepi e costringili a entrare, affinché la mia casa sia piena. 24 Perché io vi dico che nessuno di quegli uomini che erano stati invitati, assaggerà la mia cena”».
Il vero discepolo di Gesú
25 (E)Or molta gente andava con lui; ed egli, rivolto verso la folla disse:
26 «Se uno viene a me e non odia suo padre, sua madre, la moglie, i figli, i fratelli, le sorelle e persino la sua propria vita, non può essere mio discepolo. 27 E chi non porta la sua croce e non viene dietro a me, non può essere mio discepolo.
28 Chi di voi, infatti, volendo costruire una torre, non si siede prima a calcolare la spesa per vedere se ha abbastanza per poterla finire? 29 Perché non succeda che, quando ne abbia posto le fondamenta e non la possa finire, tutti quelli che la vedranno comincino a beffarsi di lui, dicendo: 30 “Quest'uomo ha cominciato a costruire e non ha potuto terminare”.
31 Oppure, qual è il re che, partendo per muovere guerra a un altro re, non si sieda prima a esaminare se con diecimila uomini può affrontare colui che gli viene contro con ventimila? 32 Se no, mentre quello è ancora lontano, gli manda un'ambasciata e chiede di trattare la pace.
33 Cosí dunque ognuno di voi, che non rinunzia a tutto quello che ha, non può essere mio discepolo.
34 Il sale, certo, è buono; ma se anche il sale diventa insipido, con che cosa gli si darà sapore? 35 Non serve né per il terreno, né per il concime; lo si butta via. Chi ha orecchi per udire oda».
Luke 14
New International Version
Luke 14
New International Version
Jesus at a Pharisee’s House(A)
14 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee,(B) he was being carefully watched.(C) 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law,(D) “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”(E) 4 But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.
5 Then he asked them, “If one of you has a child[a] or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?”(F) 6 And they had nothing to say.
7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table,(G) he told them this parable: 8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. 11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(H)
12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,(I) 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”(J)
The Parable of the Great Banquet(K)
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast(L) in the kingdom of God.”(M)
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’(N)
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”(O)
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(P) 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(Q)
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(R)
34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?(S) 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.(T)
“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(U)
Footnotes
- Luke 14:5 Some manuscripts donkey
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