Luke 14:1-4 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. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Emmanuel answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took him and healed him and let him go;

Luke 14:5 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?

Luke 14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

Luke 14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms, saying unto them,

Luke 14:8 When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than you be bidden of him;

Luke 14:9 And he that bade.(bid you; invited you).you and him come and say to thee, Give this man place and you begin with shame to take the lowest room.

Luke 14:10 But when you are bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room, that when he that bade you comes, he may say unto you, Friend, go up higher. Then you have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with you.

In other words, don't jack yourself up, thinking more of yourself than others:.Philippians 2:3; be humble.

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalts himself.(*).shall be abased and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When you make a dinner or a supper call not your friends nor your brethren, neither your kinsmen nor your rich neighbours, lest they also bid you again and a recompence be made you.

In other words, don't be looking for approbation.

Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

Luke 14:14 And you shall be blessed, for they cannot recompense you. For you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

JFB Commentary on original for word 'blessed: the word 'blessed' is acting from disinterested, God-like compassion for the wretched, like, you don't really care about them at all and you prefer not to have compassion for others. In this you 'be-less' than the true God of all creation would be. Probably a better word to have used here would be 'blissed'.

The verse is saying to be of the mind to care for others:.Matthew 10:42; 25:35-40.

Luke 14:15 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.

Luke 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper and bade many.

Luke 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.

Luke 14:18 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.

Luke 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to prove them.(to see about their endurance). I pray you, have me excused.

Luke 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife and therefore I cannot come.

Luke 14:21 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.

Luke 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded and yet there is room.

Luke 14:23 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.

Luke 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Luke 14:25 And there went great multitudes with him. And he turned and said unto them,

Luke 14:26 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..(?)

Luke 14:27 And whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Luke 14:29 Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:30 Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassage and desires conditions of peace.

Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

That is, lives his life trusting in the real God, not like this young man in.Matthew 19:16-21.

Luke 14:34 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost his savour.(that is, what it is that makes salt what salt is with its particular taste), wherewith shall it be seasoned?.

What good is it then as salt?

Luke 14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill and men cast it out. He that has ears to hear let him hear.
 

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