Luke 14
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
1Et factum est cum intraret Jesus in domum cujusdam principis pharisæorum sabbato manducare panem, et ipsi observabant eum.
2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
2Et ecce homo quidam hydropicus erat ante illum.
3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
3Et respondens Jesus dixit ad legisperitos et pharisæos, dicens: Si licet sabbato curare?
4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
4At illi tacuerunt. Ipse vero apprehensum sanavit eum, ac dimisit.
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?”
5Et respondens ad illos dixit: Cujus vestrum asinus, aut bos in puteum cadet, et non continuo extrahet illum die sabbati?
6They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
6Et non poterant ad hæc respondere illi.
7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
7Dicebat autem et ad invitatos parabolam, intendens quomodo primos accubitus eligerent, dicens ad illos:
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,
8Cum invitatus fueris ad nuptias, non discumbas in primo loco, ne forte honoratior te sit invitatus ab illo.
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.
9Et veniens is, qui te et illum vocavit, dicat tibi: Da huic locum: et tunc incipias cum rubore novissimum locum tenere.
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.
10Sed cum vocatus fueris, vade, recumbe in novissimo loco: ut, cum venerit qui te invitavit, dicat tibi: Amice, ascende superius. Tunc erit tibi gloria coram simul discumbentibus:
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
11quia omnis, qui se exaltat, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliat, exaltabitur.
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.
12Dicebat autem et ei, qui invitaverat: Cum facis prandium, aut cœnam, noli vocare amicos tuos, neque fratres tuos, neque cognatos, neque vicinos divites: ne forte te et ipsi reinvitent, et fiat tibi retributio;
13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
13sed cum facis convivium, voca pauperes, debiles, claudos, et cæcos:
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.”
14et beatus eris, quia non habent retribuere tibi: retribuetur enim tibi in resurrectione justorum.
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!”
15Hæc cum audisset quidam de simul discumbentibus, dixit illi: Beatus qui manducabit panem in regno Dei.
16But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
16At ipse dixit ei: Homo quidam fecit cœnam magnam, et vocavit multos.
17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
17Et misit servum suum hora cœnæ dicere invitatis ut venirent, quia jam parata sunt omnia.
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.’
18Et cœperunt simul omnes excusare. Primus dixit ei: Villam emi, et necesse habeo exire, et videre illam: rogo te, habe me excusatum.
19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
19Et alter dixit: Juga boum emi quinque, et eo probare illa: rogo te, habe me excusatum.
20“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
20Et alius dixit: Uxorem duxi, et ideo non possum venire.
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.’
21Et reversus servus nuntiavit hæc domino suo. Tunc iratus paterfamilias, dixit servo suo: Exi cito in plateas et vicos civitatis: et pauperes, ac debiles, et cæcos, et claudos introduc huc.
22“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
22Et ait servus: Domine, factum est ut imperasti, et adhuc locus est.
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.
23Et ait dominus servo: Exi in vias, et sæpes: et compelle intrare, ut impleatur domus mea.
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. ’”
24Dico autem vobis quod nemo virorum illorum qui vocati sunt, gustabit cœnam meam.
25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
25Ibant autem turbæ multæ cum eo: et conversus dixit ad illos:
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.
26Si quis venit ad me, et non odit patrem suum, et matrem, et uxorem, et filios, et fratres, et sorores, adhuc autem et animam suam, non potest meus esse discipulus.
27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
27Et qui non bajulat crucem suam, et venit post me, non potest meus esse discipulus.
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?
28Quis enim ex vobis volens turrim ædificare, non prius sedens computat sumptus, qui necessarii sunt, si habeat ad perficiendum,
29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
29ne, posteaquam posuerit fundamentum, et non potuerit perficere, omnes qui vident, incipiant illudere ei,
30saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
30dicentes: Quia hic homo cœpit ædificare, et non potuit consummare?
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?
31Aut quis rex iturus committere bellum adversus alium regem, non sedens prius cogitat, si possit cum decem millibus occurrere ei, qui cum viginti millibus venit ad se?
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
32Alioquin adhuc illo longe agente, legationem mittens rogat ea quæ pacis sunt.
33So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
33Sic ergo omnis ex vobis, qui non renuntiat omnibus quæ possidet, non potest meus esse discipulus.
34“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
34Bonum est sal: si autem sal evanuerit, in quo condietur?
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.”
35Neque in terram, neque in sterquilinium utile est, sed foras mittetur. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
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