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LUKE 14:1 TWMC
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat at the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees, and they were watching Him closely.
KJV
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Greek
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκόν τινος τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Φαρισαίων σαββάτῳ φαγεῖν ἄρτον, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἦσαν παρατηρούμενοι αὐτόν.
Romanized Greek
Kai egeneto en tō elthein auton eis oikon tinos tōn archontōn tōn Pharisaiōn sabbatō phagein arton, kai autoi ēsan paratēroumenoi auton.
LUKE 14:2 TWMC
A man suffering from swelling was there in front of Him.
KJV
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
Greek
Καὶ ἰδού, ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν ὑδρωπικὸς ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.
Romanized Greek
Kai idou, anthrōpos tis ēn hydrōpikos emprosthen autou.
LUKE 14:3 TWMC
Jesus responded to the experts in the law and Pharisees, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
KJV
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Greek
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς νομικοὺς καὶ Φαρισαίους, λέγων, Εἰ ἔξεστιν τῷ σαββάτῳ θεραπεύειν;
Romanized Greek
Kai apokritheis ho Iēsous eipen pros tous nomikous kai Pharisaious, legōn, Ei exestin tō sabbatō therapeuein?
LUKE 14:4 TWMC
But they remained silent. He took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.
KJV
And they held their peace. And he took him , and healed him, and let him go;
Greek
Οἱ δὲ ἡσύχασαν. Καὶ ἐπιλαβόμενος ἰάσατο αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπέλυσεν.
Romanized Greek
Hoi de hēsychasan. Kai epilabomenos iasato auton, kai apelysen.
LUKE 14:5 TWMC
Then He answered them, “Which of you, if your donkey or ox falls into a pit, will not immediately pull it out on the Sabbath day?”
KJV
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Greek
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν, Τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;
Romanized Greek
Kai apokritheis pros autous eipen, Tinos hymōn huios ē bous eis phrear empeseitai, kai ouk eutheōs anaspasei auton en tē hēmera tou sabbatou?
LUKE 14:6 TWMC
They could not answer Him about these things.
KJV
And they could not answer him again to these things.
Greek
Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν ἀνταποκριθῆναι αὐτῷ πρὸς ταῦτα.
Romanized Greek
Kai ouk ischysan antapokrithēnai autō pros tauta.
LUKE 14:7 TWMC
He told a parable to those who had been invited when He noticed how they were choosing the places of honor.
KJV
¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Greek
Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς,
Romanized Greek
Elegen de pros tous keklēmenous parabolēn, epechōn pōs tas prōtoklisias exelegonto, legōn pros autous,
LUKE 14:8 TWMC
“When someone invites you to a wedding banquet, do not recline in the place of honor, because someone more distinguished than you may have been invited.
KJV
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Greek
Ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος εἰς γάμους, μὴ κατακλιθῇς εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν∙ μήποτε ἐντιμότερός σου ᾖ κεκλημένος ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ,
Romanized Greek
Hotan klēthēs hypo tinos eis gamous, mē kataklithēs eis tēn prōtoklisian; mēpote entimoteros sou ē keklēmenos hyp’ autou,
LUKE 14:9 TWMC
The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
KJV
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
Greek
καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον∙ καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετ’ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.
Romanized Greek
kai elthōn ho se kai auton kalesas erei soi, Dos toutō topon; kai tote arxē met’ aischynēs ton eschaton topon katechein.
LUKE 14:10 TWMC
Instead, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place. Then when the one who invited you comes, he may say, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone reclining with you.
KJV
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Greek
Ἀλλ’ ὅταν κληθῇς, πορευθεὶς ἀνάπεσε εἰς τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον∙ ἵνα, ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ κεκληκώς σε, εἴπῃ σοι, Φίλε, προσανάβηθι ἀνώτερον∙ τότε ἔσται σοι δόξα ἐνώπιον τῶν συνανακειμένων σοι.
Romanized Greek
All’ hotan klēthēs, poreutheis anapese eis ton eschaton topon; hina, hotan elthē ho keklēkōs se, eipē soi, Phile, prosanabēthi anōteron; tote estai soi doxa enōpion tōn synanakeimenōn soi.
LUKE 14:11 TWMC
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
KJV
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Greek
Ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.
Romanized Greek
Hoti pas ho hypsōn heauton tapeinōthēsetai, kai ho tapeinōn heauton hypsōthēsetai.
LUKE 14:12 TWMC
He also said to the man who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or dinner, do not invite only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and repay you.
KJV
¶ Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Greek
Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ τῷ κεκληκότι αὐτόν, Ὅταν ποιῇς ἄριστον ἢ δεῖπνον, μὴ φώνει τοὺς φίλους σου, μηδὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, μηδὲ τοὺς συγγενεῖς σου, μηδὲ γείτονας πλουσίους∙ μήποτε καὶ αὐτοί σε ἀντικαλέσωσιν, καὶ γένηταί σοι ἀνταπόδομα.
Romanized Greek
Elegen de kai tō keklēkoti auton, Hotan poiēs ariston ē deipnon, mē phōnei tous philous sou, mēde tous adelphous sou, mēde tous syngeneis sou, mēde geitonas plousious; mēpote kai autoi se antikalesōsin, kai genētai soi antapodoma.
LUKE 14:13 TWMC
Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, crippled, lame, and blind.
KJV
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Greek
Ἀλλ’ ὅταν ποιῇς δοχήν, κάλει πτωχούς, ἀναπήρους, χωλούς, τυφλούς∙
Romanized Greek
All’ hotan poiēs dochēn, kalei ptōchous, anapērous, chōlous, typhlous;
LUKE 14:14 TWMC
Then you will be blessed because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
KJV
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Greek
καὶ μακάριος ἔσῃ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνταποδοῦναί σοι∙ ἀνταποδοθήσεται γάρ σοι ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τῶν δικαίων.
Romanized Greek
kai makarios esē, hoti ouk echousin antapodounai soi; antapodothēsetai gar soi en tē anastasei tōn dikaiōn.
LUKE 14:15 TWMC
When one of those reclining with Him heard these things, he said, “Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
KJV
¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Greek
Ἀκούσας δέ τις τῶν συνανακειμένων ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Μακάριος, ὃς φάγεται ἄριστον ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ.
Romanized Greek
Akousas de tis tōn synanakeimenōn tauta eipen autō, Makarios, hos phagetai ariston en tē basileia tou theou.
LUKE 14:16 TWMC
Jesus said to him, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many people.
KJV
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
Greek
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἄνθρωπός τις ἐποίησεν δεῖπνον μέγα, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν πολλούς∙
Romanized Greek
Ho de eipen autō, Anthrōpos tis epoiēsen deipnon mega, kai ekalesen pollous;
LUKE 14:17 TWMC
At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
KJV
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Greek
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ δείπνου εἰπεῖν τοῖς κεκλημένοις, Ἔρχεσθε, ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστιν πάντα.
Romanized Greek
kai apesteilen ton doulon autou tē hōra tou deipnou eipein tois keklēmenois, Erchesthe, hoti ēdē hetoima estin panta.
LUKE 14:18 TWMC
But they all began making excuses. The first said, ‘I bought a field, and I must go see it. Please excuse me.’
KJV
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Greek
Καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀπὸ μιᾶς παραιτεῖσθαι πάντες. Ὁ πρῶτος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀγρὸν ἠγόρασα, καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ἰδεῖν αὐτόν∙ ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.
Romanized Greek
Kai ērxanto apo mias paraiteisthai pantes. Ho prōtos eipen autō, Agron ēgorasa, kai echō anankēn exelthein kai idein auton; erōtō se, eche me parētēmenon.
LUKE 14:19 TWMC
Another said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. Please excuse me.’
KJV
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Greek
Καὶ ἕτερος εἶπεν, Ζεύγη βοῶν ἠγόρασα πέντε, καὶ πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά∙ ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.
Romanized Greek
Kai heteros eipen, Zeugē boōn ēgorasa pente, kai poreuomai dokimasai auta; erōtō se, eche me parētēmenon.
LUKE 14:20 TWMC
Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
KJV
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Greek
Καὶ ἕτερος εἶπεν, Γυναῖκα ἔγημα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν.
Romanized Greek
Kai heteros eipen, Gynaika egēma, kai dia touto ou dynamai elthein.
LUKE 14:21 TWMC
The servant returned and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor, crippled, lame, and blind.’
KJV
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Greek
Καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα. Τότε ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης εἶπεν τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ, Ἔξελθε ταχέως εἰς τὰς πλατείας καὶ ῥύμας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἀναπήρους καὶ χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς εἰσάγαγε ὧδε.
Romanized Greek
Kai paragenomenos ho doulos ekeinos apēngeilen tō kyriō autou tauta. Tote orgistheis ho oikodespotēs eipen tō doulō autou, Exelthe tacheōs eis tas plateias kai rhymas tēs poleōs, kai tous ptōchous kai anapērous kai chōlous kai typhlous eisagage hōde.
LUKE 14:22 TWMC
The servant said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.’
KJV
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Greek
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ δοῦλος, Κύριε, γέγονεν ὡς ἐπέταξας, καὶ ἔτι τόπος ἐστίν.
Romanized Greek
Kai eipen ho doulos, Kyrie, gegonen hōs epetaxas, kai eti topos estin.
LUKE 14:23 TWMC
The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in so that my house may be filled.
KJV
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Greek
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος πρὸς τὸν δοῦλον, Ἔξελθε εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ φραγμούς, καὶ ἀνάγκασον εἰσελθεῖν, ἵνα γεμισθῇ ὁ οἶκός μου.
Romanized Greek
Kai eipen ho kyrios pros ton doulon, Exelthe eis tas hodous kai phragmous, kai anankason eiselthein, hina gemisthē ho oikos mou.
LUKE 14:24 TWMC
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
KJV
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Greek
Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου. Πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
Romanized Greek
Legō gar hymin hoti oudeis tōn andrōn ekeinōn tōn keklēmenōn geusetai mou tou deipnou. Polloi gar eisin klētoi, oligoi de eklektoi.
LUKE 14:25 TWMC
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and said to them,
KJV
¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Greek
Συνεπορεύοντο δὲ αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί∙ καὶ στραφεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς,
Romanized Greek
Syneporeuonto de autō ochloi polloi; kai strapheis eipen pros autous,
LUKE 14:26 TWMC
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
KJV
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Greek
Εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρός με, καὶ οὐ μισεῖ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, οὐ δύναταί μου μαθητὴς εἶναι.
Romanized Greek
Ei tis erchetai pros me, kai ou misei ton patera autou, kai tēn mētera, kai tēn gynaika, kai ta tekna, kai tous adelphous, kai tas adelphas, eti de kai tēn heautou psychēn, ou dynatai mou mathētēs einai.
LUKE 14:27 TWMC
Whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
KJV
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Greek
Καὶ ὅστις οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μου, οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής.
Romanized Greek
Kai hostis ou bastazei ton stauron autou kai erchetai opisō mou, ou dynatai einai mou mathētēs.
LUKE 14:28 TWMC
Which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see whether he has enough to finish it?
KJV
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ?
Greek
Τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν, ὁ θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι, οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει τὰ εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν;
Romanized Greek
Tis gar ex hymōn, ho thelōn pyrgon oikodomēsai, ouchi prōton kathisas psēphizei tēn dapanēn, ei echei ta eis apartismon?
LUKE 14:29 TWMC
Otherwise, after he lays the foundation and cannot complete it, everyone who sees it will begin mocking him,
KJV
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it , all that behold it begin to mock him,
Greek
Ἵνα μήποτε, θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ,
Romanized Greek
Hina mēpote, thentos autou themelion kai mē ischyontos ektelesai, pantes hoi theōrountes arxōntai empaizein autō,
LUKE 14:30 TWMC
saying, ‘This man began to build but was not able to finish.’
KJV
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Greek
λέγοντες, ὅτι Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.
Romanized Greek
legontes, hoti Houtos ho anthrōpos ērxato oikodomein, kai ouk ischysen ektelesai.
LUKE 14:31 TWMC
Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
KJV
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Greek
Ἢ τίς βασιλεὺς πορευόμενος συμβαλεῖν ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ εἰς πόλεμον οὐχὶ καθίσας πρῶτον βουλεύεται εἰ δυνατός ἐστιν ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν ἀπαντῆσαι τῷ μετὰ εἴκοσι χιλιάδων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπ’ αὐτόν;
Romanized Greek
Ē tis basileus poreuomenos symbalein heterō basilei eis polemon ouchi kathisas prōton bouleuetai ei dynatos estin en deka chiliasin apantēsai tō meta eikosi chiliadōn erchomenō ep’ auton?
LUKE 14:32 TWMC
If not, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
KJV
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Greek
Εἰ δὲ μήγε, ἔτι πόρρω αὐτοῦ ὄντος, πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.
Romanized Greek
Ei de mēge, eti porrō autou ontos, presbeian aposteilas erōta ta pros eirēnēn.
LUKE 14:33 TWMC
In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
KJV
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Greek
Οὕτως οὖν πᾶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὃς οὐκ ἀποτάσσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ ὑπάρχουσιν, οὐ δύναταί μου εἶναι μαθητής.
Romanized Greek
Houtōs oun pas ex hymōn hos ouk apotassetai pasin tois heautou hyparchousin, ou dynatai mou einai mathētēs.
LUKE 14:34 TWMC
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will it be made salty again?
KJV
¶ Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Greek
Καλὸν τὸ ἅλας∙ ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ, ἐν τίνι ἀρτυθήσεται;
Romanized Greek
Kalon to halas; ean de to halas mōranthē, en tini artythēsetai?
LUKE 14:35 TWMC
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
KJV
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Greek
Οὔτε εἰς γῆν οὔτε εἰς κοπρίαν εὔθετόν ἐστιν∙ ἔξω βάλλουσιν αὐτό. Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
Romanized Greek
Oute eis gēn oute eis koprian eutheton estin; exō ballousin auto. Ho echōn ōta akouein akouetō.