Lucas 14
Riveduta 1927
1E avvenne che, essendo egli entrato in casa di uno de’ principali Farisei in giorno di sabato per prender cibo, essi lo stavano osservando.
2Ed ecco, gli stava dinanzi un uomo idropico.
3E Gesù prese a dire ai dottori della legge ed ai Farisei: E’ egli lecito o no far guarigioni in giorno di sabato? Ma essi tacquero.
4Allora egli, presolo, lo guarì e lo licenziò.
5Poi disse loro: Chi di voi, se un figliuolo od un bue cade in un pozzo, non lo trae subito fuori in giorno di sabato?
6Ed essi non potevano risponder nulla in contrario.
7Notando poi come gl’invitati sceglievano i primi posti, disse loro questa parabola:
8Quando sarai invitato a nozze da qualcuno, non ti mettere a tavola al primo posto, che talora non sia stato invitato da lui qualcuno più ragguardevole di te,
9e chi ha invitato te e lui non venga a dirti: Cedi il posto a questo! e tu debba con tua vergogna cominciare allora ad occupare l’ultimo posto.
10Ma quando sarai invitato, va a metterti all’ultimo posto, affinché quando colui che t’ha invitato verrà, ti dica: Amico, sali più in su. Allora ne avrai onore dinanzi a tutti quelli che saran teco a tavola.
11Poiché chiunque s’innalza sarà abbassato, e chi si abbassa sarà innalzato.
12E diceva pure a colui che lo aveva invitato: Quando fai un desinare o una cena, non chiamare i tuoi amici, né i tuoi fratelli, né i tuoi parenti, né i vicini ricchi; che talora anch’essi non t’invitino, e ti sia reso il contraccambio;
13ma quando fai un convito, chiama i poveri, gli storpi, gli zoppi, i ciechi;
14e sarai beato, perché non hanno modo di rendertene il contraccambio; ma il contraccambio ti sarà reso alla risurrezione de’ giusti.
15Or uno de’ commensali, udite queste cose, gli disse: Beato chi mangerà del pane nel regno di Dio!
16Ma Gesù gli disse: Un uomo fece una gran cena e invitò molti;
17e all’ora della cena mandò il suo servitore a dire agl’invitati: Venite, perché tutto è già pronto.
18E tutti, ad una voce, cominciarono a scusarsi. Il primo gli disse: Ho comprato un campo e ho necessità d’andarlo a vedere; ti prego, abbimi per iscusato.
19E un altro disse: Ho comprato cinque paia di buoi, e vado a provarli; ti prego, abbimi per iscusato.
20E un altro disse: Ho preso moglie, e perciò non posso venire.
21E il servitore, tornato, riferì queste cose al suo signore. Allora il padron di casa, adiratosi, disse al suo servitore: Va’ presto per le piazze e per le vie della città, e mena qua i poveri, gli storpi, i ciechi e gli zoppi.
22Poi il servitore disse: Signore, s’è fatto come hai comandato, e ancora c’è posto.
23E il signore disse al servitore: Va’ fuori per le strade e lungo le siepi, e costringili ad entrare, affinché la mia casa sia piena.
24Perché io vi dico che nessuno di quegli uomini ch’erano stati invitati assaggerà la mia cena.
25Or molte turbe andavano con lui; ed egli, rivoltosi, disse loro:
26Se uno viene a me e non odia suo padre, e sua madre, e la moglie, e i fratelli, e le sorelle, e finanche la sua propria vita, non può esser mio discepolo.
27E chi non porta la sua croce e non vien dietro a me, non può esser mio discepolo.
28Infatti chi è fra voi colui che, volendo edificare una torre, non si metta prima a sedere e calcoli la spesa per vedere se ha da poterla finire?
29Che talora, quando ne abbia posto il fondamento e non la possa finire, tutti quelli che la vedranno prendano a beffarsi di lui, dicendo:
30Quest’uomo ha cominciato a edificare e non ha potuto finire.
31Ovvero, qual è il re che, partendo per muover guerra ad un altro re, non si metta prima a sedere ed esamini se possa con diecimila uomini affrontare colui che gli vien contro con ventimila?
32Se no, mentre quello è ancora lontano, gli manda un’ambasciata e chiede di trattar la pace.
33Così dunque ognun di voi che non rinunzi a tutto quello che ha, non può esser mio discepolo.
34Il sale, certo, è buono; ma se anche il sale diventa insipido, con che gli si darà sapore?
35Non serve né per terra, né per concime; lo si butta via. Chi ha orecchi da udire, oda.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y ACONTECIÓ que entrando en casa de un príncipe de los Fariseos un sábado á comer pan, ellos le acechaban.
2Y he aquí un hombre hidrópico estaba delante de él.
3Y respondiendo Jesús, habló á los doctores de la ley y á los Fariseos, diciendo: ¿Es lícito sanar en sábado?
4Y ellos callaron. Entonces él tomándole, le sanó, y despidióle.
5Y respondiendo á ellos dijo: ¿El asno ó el buey de cuál de vosotros caerá en algún pozo, y no lo sacará luego en día de sábado?
6Y no le podían replicar á estas cosas.
7Y observando cómo escogían los primeros asientos á la mesa, propuso una parábola á los convidados, diciéndoles:
8Cuando fueres convidado de alguno á bodas, no te sientes en el primer lugar, no sea que otro más honrado que tú esté por él convidado,
9Y viniendo el que te llamó á ti y á él, te diga: Da lugar á éste: y entonces comiences con vergüenza á tener el lugar último.
10Mas cuando fueres convidado, ve, y siéntate en el postrer lugar; porque cuando viniere el que te llamó, te diga: Amigo, sube arriba: entonces tendrás gloria delante de los que juntamente se asientan á la mesa.
11Porque cualquiera que se ensalza, será humillado; y el que se humilla, será ensalzado.
12Y dijo también al que le había convidado: Cuando haces comida ó cena, no llames á tus amigos, ni á tus hermanos, ni á tus parientes, ni á vecinos ricos; porque también ellos no te vuelvan á convidar, y te sea hecha compensación.
13Mas cuando haces banquete, llama á los pobres, los mancos, los cojos, los ciegos;
14Y serás bienaventurado; porque no te pueden retribuir; mas te será recompensado en la resurrección de los justos.
15Y oyendo esto uno de los que juntamente estaban sentados á la mesa, le dijo: Bienaventurado el que comerá pan en el reino de los cielos.
16El entonces le dijo: Un hombre hizo una grande cena, y convidó á muchos.
17Y á la hora de la cena envió á su siervo á decir á los convidados: Venid, que ya está todo aparejado.
18Y comenzaron todos á una á excusarse. El primero le dijo: He comprado una hacienda, y necesito salir y verla; te ruego que me des por excusado.
19Y el otro dijo: He comprado cinco yuntas de bueyes, y voy á probarlos; ruégote que me des por excusado.
20Y el otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por tanto no puedo ir.
21Y vuelto el siervo, hizo saber estas cosas á su señor. Entonces enojado el padre de la familia, dijo á su siervo: Ve presto por las plazas y por las calles de la ciudad, y mete acá los pobres, los mancos, y cojos, y ciegos.
22Y dijo el siervo: Señor, hecho es como mandaste, y aun hay lugar.
23Y dijo el señor al siervo: Ve por los caminos y por los vallados, y fuérzalos á entrar, para que se llene mi casa.
24Porque os digo que ninguno de aquellos hombres que fueron llamados, gustará mi cena.
25Y muchas gentes iban con él; y volviéndose les dijo:
26Si alguno viene á mí, y no aborrece á su padre, y madre, y mujer, é hijos, y hermanos, y hermanas, y aun también su vida, no puede ser mi discípulo.
27Y cualquiera que no trae su cruz, y viene en pos de mí, no puede ser mi discípulo.
28Porque ¿cuál de vosotros, queriendo edificar una torre, no cuenta primero sentado los gastos, si tiene lo que necesita para acabarla?
29Porque después que haya puesto el fundamento, y no pueda acabarla, todos los que lo vieren, no comiencen á hacer burla de él,
30Diciendo: Este hombre comenzó á edificar, y no pudo acabar.
31¿O cuál rey, habiendo de ir á hacer guerra contra otro rey, sentándose primero no consulta si puede salir al encuentro con diez mil al que viene contra él con veinte mil?
32De otra manera, cuando aun el otro está lejos, le ruega por la paz, enviándole embajada.
33Así pues, cualquiera de vosotros que no renuncia á todas las cosas que posee, no puede ser mi discípulo.
34Buena es la sal; mas si aun la sal fuere desvanecida, ¿con qué se adobará?
35Ni para la tierra, ni para el muladar es buena; fuera la arrojan. Quien tiene oídos para oir, oiga.
King James Version
1And 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.
2And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
5And 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?
6And they could not answer him again to these things.
7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
8When 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;
9And 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.
10But 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.
11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12Then 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.
13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15And 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.
16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18And 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.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21So 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.
22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23And 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.
24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
25And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
26If 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.
27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31Or 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?
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35It 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.
World English Bible
1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
18They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
21“That servant came, and told 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
23“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
30saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
33So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
34“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”