Luke 14 (NET)

Luke 14:1¹Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 3:2Luke 20:20Luke 6:7Prov 23:7Ps 41:6Ps 62:4Ps 64:5-61 Cor 9:19-22Isa 29:20-21Jer 20:10-11

Luke 14:2²There right in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 14:3³So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:9Matt 12:10John 7:23Luke 13:14-16Mark 3:4Luke 11:44-45Matt 12:2Matt 22:35

Luke 14:4⁴But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 21:25-27Matt 22:46

Luke 14:5⁵Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:15Exod 23:4-5Matt 12:11-12

Luke 14:6⁶But they could not reply to this.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 20:40Acts 6:10Luke 13:17Luke 20:26Luke 21:15Matt 22:46

Luke 14:7⁷Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:3Luke 11:43Matt 23:6Luke 20:46Mark 12:38-393 John 1:9Acts 8:18-19Ezek 17:2

Luke 14:8⁸“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:6-7

Luke 14:9⁹So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:18Prov 11:2Prov 3:35Dan 4:30-34Esth 6:6-12Ezek 28:2-10

Luke 14:10¹⁰But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:6-7Prov 15:33Isa 60:141 Sam 15:17Rev 3:9

Luke 14:11¹¹For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 18:14Matt 23:12Prov 29:23Jas 4:61 Pet 5:5Ps 138:6Prov 18:12Jas 4:10Isa 2:17Ps 18:27

Luke 14:12¹²He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 2:1-6Matt 5:46Luke 6:32-36Prov 22:16Prov 14:20Matt 6:1-4Luke 1:53Zech 7:5-7

Luke 14:13¹³But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:21Isa 58:10Isa 58:7Prov 14:31Job 29:15-16Heb 13:2Job 31:16-20Neh 8:10Deut 16:14Matt 14:14-21

Luke 14:14¹⁴Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:17Acts 24:15John 5:29Matt 25:34-40Matt 6:4Dan 12:2-3Luke 20:35-36Matt 10:41-42Rev 20:4-5Phil 4:18-19

Luke 14:15¹⁵When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:9Luke 13:29Luke 22:30Matt 25:10John 6:27-59Luke 12:37Matt 8:11

Luke 14:16¹⁶But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 22:2-14Rev 22:17Isa 55:1-7Isa 25:6-7Luke 14:16-24Rev 3:20Prov 9:1-2Song 5:1Zech 10:7Mark 16:15-16

Luke 14:17¹⁷At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 9:1-5John 7:37Luke 3:4-6Matt 10:1-4Matt 22:3-42 Cor 5:18-6:1Acts 13:26Acts 2:38-39Luke 10:1-12Luke 9:1-5

Luke 14:18¹⁸But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:9-10Luke 17:26-31Luke 18:241 John 2:15-162 Tim 4:4Acts 18:5-6Isa 28:12-13Isa 29:11-12Jer 5:4-5Jer 6:10

Luke 14:19¹⁹Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 14:20²⁰Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 24:51 Cor 7:331 Cor 7:29-31Luke 14:26-28Luke 18:29-30

Luke 14:21²¹So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:13Matt 11:5Jas 2:5John 9:39Luke 14:24Matt 22:7-81 Sam 2:8Heb 2:3Isa 35:6Matt 21:28-31

Luke 14:22²²Then the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 14:21 Tim 2:5-6Col 2:9Eph 3:8Ps 130:7Rev 7:4-91 John 2:2Acts 1:1-9Ps 103:6

Luke 14:23²³So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 22:9-10Col 1:282 Cor 5:11Acts 13:47-482 Cor 5:202 Tim 4:2Acts 18:6Acts 28:28Col 1:23Matt 28:19-20

Luke 14:24²⁴For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 21:43Acts 13:46John 3:36John 8:24Matt 22:8Heb 12:25-26John 3:19Matt 23:38-39John 8:21Prov 1:24-32

Luke 14:25²⁵Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:24-27

Luke 14:26²⁶“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:37John 12:25Phil 3:8Acts 20:24Ps 73:25-26Rev 12:11Deut 13:6-8Deut 33:9Eccl 2:17-19Job 7:15-16

Luke 14:27²⁷Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:38Luke 9:23-25Mark 10:21Matt 16:24-26Mark 8:34-372 Tim 3:12Acts 14:22Matt 13:212 Tim 1:12John 19:17

Luke 14:28²⁸For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:27Matt 10:22Josh 24:19-24Luke 14:33Acts 21:13Matt 20:22-23Matt 8:201 Thess 3:4-5Gen 11:4-9

Luke 14:29²⁹Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 14:30³⁰They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:112 John 1:82 Pet 2:19-22Heb 6:4-81 Cor 3:11-14Acts 1:18-19Heb 10:38Matt 27:3-8Matt 7:27

Luke 14:31³¹Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one coming against him with 20,000?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:18Prov 25:81 Kgs 20:112 Kgs 18:20-22

Luke 14:32³²If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:201 Kgs 20:31-342 Kgs 10:4-5Jas 4:6-10Job 40:9Luke 12:58Matt 5:25

Luke 14:33³³In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:7-81 John 2:15-16Luke 5:28Luke 14:26Luke 18:28-30Luke 18:22-23Luke 5:11Acts 5:1-5Acts 8:19-222 Tim 4:10

Luke 14:34³⁴“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:13Col 4:6Mark 9:49-50Heb 2:4-8

Luke 14:35³⁵It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 11:15Rev 2:11Rev 2:7Luke 9:44Matt 13:9Rev 2:29John 15:6Luke 8:8Rev 2:17