Chronological

14 And it happened that when He had entered into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they watched Him.

² And behold, there was a certain man before Him who suffered from edema.

³ Then Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

⁴ And they held their peace. Then He took him and healed him and let him go.

⁵ And He answered them, saying, “Who of you shall have a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

⁶ And again they could not answer Him about those things.

⁷ He also spoke a parable to the guests when He noted how they selected the chief seats at the table, and said to them,

⁸ “When you shall be invited by anyone to a wedding, do not sit yourself down in the place of honor, lest a more honorable than you be invited.

⁹ “And the one who invited both you and him comes and says to you, ‘Give this man that place.’ And then you begin (with shame) to take the lowest place.

¹⁰ “But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place. So that when the one who invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, sit up higher.’ Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who sit at table with you.

¹¹ “For whoever exalts himself, shall be brought low. And the one who humbles himself, shall be exalted.”

¹² Then He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or the rich neighbors, so that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made to you.

¹³ “But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

¹⁴ “And you shall be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you shall be recompensed at the Resurrection of the Just.”

¹⁵ Now when one of them who sat at table heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who eats bread in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁶ Then He said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and invited many,

¹⁷ “and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come. For all things are now ready.’

¹⁸ “But they all, with one mind, began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a farm, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

¹⁹ “And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen. And I go to test them. I ask that you have me excused.’

²⁰ “And another said, ‘I have married a wife. And therefore, I cannot come.’

²¹ “So that servant returned and told his master these things. Then the good man of the house was angry, and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city! And bring the poor in here, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind!’

²² “And the servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you have commanded. And still there is room.’

²³ “Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and urge them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

²⁴ ‘For I say to you that none of those who were invited shall taste of my supper.’”

²⁵ Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

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

²⁷ “And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

²⁸ “For who of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down beforehand and count the cost (whether he has the means to complete it),

²⁹ “lest after he has laid the foundation and is not able to complete it, all who behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰ “saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

³¹ “Or what king (going to make war against another king) does not first sit down and take counsel on whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

³² “Otherwise, while he is still a great way off, he sends ambassadors to ask for peace.

³³ “So likewise, whoever of you who does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

³⁴ “Salt is good. But if salt has lost its savor, with what shall it be salted?

³⁵ “It is fit neither for the land nor for manure. But it is cast out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

15 Then all the tax collectors and sinners came to Him, to hear Him.

² Therefore, the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, “He receives sinners, and eats with them.”

³ Then He spoke this parable to them, saying,

⁴ “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?

⁵ “And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders with joy.

⁶ “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me! For I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁷ “I say to you that joy shall likewise be in Heaven for one sinner who converts, more than for ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

⁸ “Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently till she finds it?

⁹ “And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me! For I have found the coin which I had lost!’

¹⁰ “Likewise I say to you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God for one sinner who converts.”

¹¹ He said moreover, “A certain man had two sons.

¹² “And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of the goods that falls to me.’ So, he divided his livelihood among them.

¹³ “So, not many days after, when the younger son had gathered everything together, he took his journey into a far country. And there he wasted his goods with riotous living.

¹⁴ “Now, when he had spent everything, there arose a great famine throughout that land. And he began to be in want.

¹⁵ “Then he went and kept company with a citizen of that country. And he sent him to his farm to feed swine.

¹⁶ “And he would have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate, but no one gave him any.

¹⁷ “Then he came to himself and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have enough bread, and I die for hunger?

¹⁸ ‘I will rise and go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before you,

¹⁹ “and am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

²⁰ “So he arose and came to his father. And when he was still a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²¹ “And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before you, and am no more worthy to be called your son.’

²² “Then the father said to his servants, ‘Bring forth the best robe and put it on him! And put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet!

²³ ‘And bring the fat calf and kill him! And let us eat and be merry!

²⁴ ‘For this my son was dead, and is alive again! And he was lost, but he is found!’ And they began to be merry.

²⁵ “Now the elder brother was in the field. And when he came and drew near to the house, he heard melody and dancing,

²⁶ “And he called one of his servants and asked what those things meant.

²⁷ “And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come. And your father has killed the fat calf because he has received him safe and sound.’

²⁸ “Then he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore, his father came out and implored him.

²⁹ “But he answered, and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have done you service and have always obeyed you! And yet you never gave me a kid that I might make merry with my friends!

³⁰ ‘But when this, your son, had come - who had devoured your goods with harlots - you have killed the fat calf for his sake!’

³¹ “And he said to him, “Son, you are always with me. And all that I have is yours. It was fitting that we should celebrate and be glad. For this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. And he was lost, but he is found.”