Luqas (Luke) — 14
YAHUSHA Heals on the Sabbath
1 Now it happened, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Shabbat, that they watched 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA closely.
2 And behold, there was a certain man before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA who had dropsy.
3 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Shabbat day, or not?”
4 When they refused to answer, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.
5 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA turned to them and said, “If one of you has a child or an ox that falls into a well on the Shabbat day, will you not immediately pull it out?”
6 Again they could not answer.
YAHUSHA Teaches about Humility
7 When 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the seats of honor near the head of the table, He gave them this advice:
8 “When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not sit in the seat of honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has also been invited?
9 The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!
10 “Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.
11 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
12 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet, “do not invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.
13 Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
14 Then at the resurrection of the righteous, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”
Parable of the Great Feast
15 Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA exclaimed, “What a Barakah it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH!”
16 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations.
17 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’
18 But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’
19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 Another said, ‘I now have a wife, so I cannot come.’
21 “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
22 After the servant had done this, he reported, ‘There is still room for more.’
23 So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.
24 For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”
The Cost of Being a Talmidym
25 A large crowd was following 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA. He turned around and said to them,
26 “If you want to be my Talmidym, you must hate everyone else by comparison, your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my Talmidym.
27 And if you do not carry your own execution stake and follow me, you cannot be my Talmidym.
28 “But do not begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.
30 They would say, ‘There is the person who started that building and could not afford to finish it!’
31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of ten thousand could defeat the twenty thousand soldiers marching against him?
32 And if he cannot, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of Shalum while the enemy is still far away.
33 So you cannot become my Talmidym without giving up everything you own.
34 “Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?
35 Tasteless salt is not good for the soil nor for the manure pile. Tasteless salt is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!”