1 Ja kun hän sapattina tuli erään fariseusten johtomiehen taloon aterialle, pitivät he häntä silmällä.
2 Ja katso, siellä oli vesitautinen mies hänen edessään.
4 Ja hän koski mieheen, paransi hänet ja laski menemään.
6 Eivätkä he kyenneet vastaamaan tähän.
7 Ja huomatessaan, kuinka kutsutut valitsivat itselleen ensimmäisiä sijoja, hän puhui heille vertauksen ja sanoi heille:
9 niin hän, joka on sinut ja hänet kutsunut, ehkä tulee ja sanoo sinulle: 'Anna tälle sija', ja silloin sinä saat häveten siirtyä viimeiselle paikalle.
10 Vaan kun olet kutsuttu, mene ja asetu viimeiselle sijalle, ja niin on se, joka on sinut kutsunut, sisään tullessaan sanova sinulle: 'Ystäväni, astu ylemmäksi'. Silloin tulee sinulle kunnia kaikkien pöytäkumppaniesi edessä.
13 Vaan kun laitat pidot, kutsu köyhiä, raajarikkoja, rampoja, sokeita;
17 Ja illallisajan tullessa hän lähetti palvelijansa sanomaan kutsutuille: 'Tulkaa, sillä kaikki on jo valmiina'.
18 Mutta he rupesivat kaikki järjestään estelemään. Ensimmäinen sanoi hänelle: 'Minä ostin pellon, ja minun täytyy lähteä sitä katsomaan; pyydän sinua, pidä minut estettynä'.
19 Toinen sanoi: 'Minä ostin viisi paria härkiä ja menen niitä koettelemaan; pyydän sinua, pidä minut estettynä'.
20 Vielä toinen sanoi: 'Minä otin vaimon, ja sentähden en voi tulla'.
21 Ja palvelija tuli takaisin ja ilmoitti herralleen tämän. Silloin isäntä vihastui ja sanoi palvelijalleen: 'Mene kiiruusti kaupungin kaduille ja kujille ja tuo köyhät ja raajarikot, sokeat ja rammat tänne sisälle'.
22 Ja palvelija sanoi: 'Herra, on tehty, minkä käskit, ja vielä on tilaa'.
23 Niin Herra sanoi palvelijalle: 'Mene teille ja aitovierille ja pakota heitä tulemaan sisälle, että minun taloni täyttyisi;
25 Ja hänen mukanaan kulki paljon kansaa; ja hän kääntyi ja sanoi heille:
27 Ja joka ei kanna ristiänsä ja seuraa minua, se ei voi olla minun opetuslapseni.
28 Sillä jos joku teistä tahtoo rakentaa tornin, eikö hän ensin istu laskemaan kustannuksia, nähdäkseen, onko hänellä varoja rakentaa se valmiiksi,
29 etteivät, kun hän on pannut perustuksen, mutta ei kykene saamaan rakennusta valmiiksi, kaikki, jotka sen näkevät, rupeaisi pilkkaamaan häntä
30 sanoen: 'Tuo mies ryhtyi rakentamaan, mutta ei kyennyt saamaan valmiiksi'?
31 Tahi jos joku kuningas tahtoo lähteä sotimaan toista kuningasta vastaan, eikö hän ensin istu ja pidä neuvoa, kykeneekö hän kymmenellä tuhannella kohtaamaan sitä, joka tulee häntä vastaan kahdellakymmenellä tuhannella?
32 Ja ellei kykene, niin hän, toisen vielä ollessa kaukana, lähettää hänen luoksensa lähettiläät hieromaan rauhaa.
33 Niin ei myös teistä yksikään, joka ei luovu kaikesta, mitä hänellä on, voi olla minun opetuslapseni.
34 Suola on hyvä; mutta jos suolakin käy mauttomaksi, millä se saadaan suolaiseksi?
1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.
2 And a certain man was there who had a disease.
3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?
4 But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.
5 And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?
6 And they had no answer to that question.
7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
11 For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:
14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.
16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.
18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.
22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.
23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.
24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
25 Now a great number of people went with him.
26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.
33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?
35 It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.