Evangelium secundum Lucam

Lucam, chapter 14, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 14 Vulgate

   1 Et factum est, cum intraret in domum cuiusdam princi pis pharisaeorum sabbato manducare panem, et ipsi observabant eum.
   2 Et ecce homo quidam hydropicus erat ante illum.
   3 Et respondens Iesus dixit ad legis peritos et pharisaeos dicens: "Licet sabbato curare an non?".
   4 At illi tacuerunt. Ipse vero apprehensum sanavit eum ac dimisit.
   5 Et ad illos dixit: "Cuius vestrum filius aut bos in puteum cadet, et non continuo extrahet illum die sabbati?".
   6 Et non poterant ad haec respondere illi.
   7 Dicebat autem ad invitatos parabolam, intendens quomodo primos accubitus eligerent, dicens ad illos:
   8 "Cum invitatus fueris ab aliquo ad nuptias, non discumbas in primo loco, ne forte honoratior te sit invitatus ab eo,
   9 et veniens is qui te et illum vocavit, dicat tibi: "Da huic locum"; et tunc incipias cum rubore novissimum locum tenere.
   10 Sed cum vocatus fueris, vade, recumbe in novissimo loco, ut, cum venerit qui te invitavit, dicat tibi: "Amice, ascende superius"; tunc erit tibi gloria coram omnibus simul discumbentibus.
   11 Quia omnis, qui se exaltat, humiliabitur; et, qui se humiliat, exaltabitur".
   12 Dicebat autem et ei, qui se invitaverat: "Cum facis prandium aut cenam, noli vocare amicos tuos neque fratres tuos neque cognatos neque vicinos divites, ne forte et ipsi te reinvitent, et fiat tibi retributio.
   13 Sed cum facis convivium, voca pauperes, debiles, claudos, caecos;
   14 et beatus eris, quia non habent retribuere tibi. Retribuetur enim tibi in resurrectione iustorum".
   15 Haec cum audisset quidam de simul discumbentibus, dixit illi: "Beatus, qui manducabit panem in regno Dei".
   16 At ipse dixit ei: "Homo quidam fecit cenam magnam et vocavit multos;
   17 et misit servum suum hora cenae dicere invitatis: "Venite, quia iam paratum est".
   18 Et coeperunt simul omnes excusare. Primus dixit ei: "Villam emi et necesse habeo exire et videre illam; rogo te, habe me excusatum".
   19 Et alter dixit: "Iuga boum emi quinque et eo probare illa; rogo te, habe me excusatum".
   20 Et alius dixit: "Uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venire".
   21 Et reversus servus nuntiavit haec domino suo. Tunc iratus pater familias dixit servo suo: "Exi cito in plateas et vicos civitatis et pauperes ac debiles et caecos et claudos introduc huc".
   22 Et ait servus: "Domine, factum est, ut imperasti, et adhuc locus est".
   23 Et ait dominus servo: "Exi in vias et saepes, et compelle intrare, ut impleatur domus mea.
   24 Dico autem vobis, quod nemo virorum illorum, qui vocati sunt, gustabit cenam meam" ".
   25 Ibant autem turbae multae cum eo; et conversus dixit ad illos:
   26 "Si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum et matrem et uxorem et filios et fratres et sorores, adhuc et animam suam, non potest esse meus discipulus.
   27 Et, qui non baiulat crucem suam et venit post me, non potest esse meus discipulus.
   28 Quis enim ex vobis volens turrem aedificare, non prius sedens computat sumptus, si habet ad perficiendum?
   29 Ne, posteaquam posuerit fundamentum et non potuerit perficere, omnes, qui vident, incipiant illudere ei
   30 dicentes: "Hic homo coepit aedificare et non potuit consummare".
   31 Aut quis rex, iturus committere bellum adversus alium regem, non sedens prius cogitat, si possit cum decem milibus occurrere ei, qui cum viginti milibus venit ad se?
   32 Alioquin, adhuc illo longe agente, legationem mittens rogat ea, quae pacis sunt.
   33 Sic ergo omnis ex vobis, qui non renuntiat omnibus, quae possidet, non potest meus esse discipulus.
   34 Bonum est sal; si autem sal quoque evanuerit, in quo condietur?
   35 Neque in terram neque in sterquilinium utile est, sed foras proiciunt illud. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 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.
   2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
   3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
   4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
   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?
   6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
   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,
   8 When 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;
   9 And 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.
   10 But 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.
   11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
   12 ¶ Then 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.
   13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
   14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
   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.
   16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
   17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
   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.
   19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
   20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
   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.
   22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
   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.
   24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
   25 ¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
   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.
   27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
   28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
   29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
   30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
   31 Or 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?
   32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
   33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
   34 ¶ Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
   35 It 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.