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Luke 14

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1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. (Mr 3:2; Lu 7:36; Lu 11:37; Lu 20:20) 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” (Mt 12:10; Lu 7:30; Lu 13:14) 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son[1] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” (De 22:4; Mt 12:11; Lu 13:15) 6 And they could not reply to these things. (Mt 22:46) 



7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, (Lu 11:43) 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. (Pr 25:6) 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Pr 29:23; Eze 21:26; Mt 18:4; Lu 18:14; Jas 4:6; Jas 4:10; 1Pe 5:5) 



12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers[2] or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. (Lu 6:34; Joh 21:12) 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, (Ne 8:10; Ne 8:12; Es 9:22; Lu 14:21) 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Joh 11:24; Ac 24:15; 1Co 15:23; 1Th 4:16; Re 20:4) 15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” (Lu 13:29; Lu 22:16; Lu 22:30; Re 19:9) 16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. (Isa 25:6; Mt 22:2) 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant[3] to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ (Es 6:14; Pr 9:3; Pr 9:5) 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ (De 24:5) 21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ (Lu 14:13) 22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I tell you,[4] none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’” (Mt 21:43; Ac 13:46) 



25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. (De 33:9; Mt 10:37; Lu 14:33; Lu 16:13; Joh 12:25; Ac 20:24; Re 12:11) 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. (Mt 10:38; Mt 16:24; Mr 8:34; Lu 9:23; Joh 19:17) 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? (Pr 24:27) 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? (Lu 14:28) 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. (Lu 14:26; Lu 18:28; Php 3:7) 



34 “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? (Mt 5:13; Mr 9:50) 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mt 11:15) 

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Luke 14

الكتاب المقدس



1 وَإِذْ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ فِي ذَاتِ سَبْتٍ لِيَتَنَاوَلَ الطَّعَامَ، كَانُوا يُرَاقِبُونَهُ. 2 وَإذَا أَمَامَهُ إِنْسَانٌ مُصَابٌ بِالاسْتِسْقَاءِ. 3 فَخَاطَبَ يَسُوعُ عُلَمَاءَ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَيَحِلُّ إِجْرَاءُ الشِّفَاءِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ أَمْ لا؟» 4 وَلكِنَّهُمْ ظَلُّوا صَامِتِينَ. فَأَخَذَهُ وَشَفَاهُ وَصَرَفَهُ. 5 وَعَادَ يَسْأَلُهُمْ: «مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَسْقُطُ حِمَارُهُ أَوْ ثَوْرُهُ فِي بِئْرٍ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَلا يَنْتَشِلُهُ حَالا؟» 6 فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُجِيبُوهُ عَنْ هَذَا. 7 وَضَرَبَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ مَثَلاً بَعْدَمَا لاحَظَ كَيْفَ اخْتَارُوا أَمَاكِنَ الصَّدَارَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: 8 «عِنْدَمَا يَدْعُوكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى وَلِيمَةِ عُرْسٍ، فَلا تَتَّكِئْ فِي مَكَانِ الصَّدَارَةِ، إِذْ رُبَّمَا كَانَ قَدْ دَعَا إِلَيْهِ مَنْ هُوَ أَرْفَعُ مِنْكَ مَقَاماً، 9 فَيَأْتِي الَّذِي دَعَاكَ وَدَعَاهُ وَيَقُولُ لَكَ: أَخْلِ الْمَكَانَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ! وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَنْسَحِبُ بِخَجَلٍ لِتَأْخُذَ الْمَكَانَ الأَخِيرَ. 10 وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا تُدْعَى، فَاذْهَبْ وَاتَّكِئْ فِي الْمَكَانِ الأَخِيرِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ، يَقُولُ لَكَ: يَا صَدِيقِي، قُمْ إِلَى الصَّدْرِ! وَعِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْتَفِعُ قَدْرُكَ فِي نَظَرِ الْمُتَّكِئِينَ مَعَكَ. 11 فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُرَفِّعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوضَعُ، وَمَنْ يَضَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرَفَّعُ». 12 وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِلَّذِي دَعَاهُ: «عِنْدَمَا تُقِيمُ غَدَاءً أَوْ عَشَاءً، فَلا تَدْعُ أَصْدِقَاءَكَ وَلا إِخْوَتَكَ وَلا أَقْرِبَاءَكَ وَلا جِيرَانَكَ الأَغْنِيَاءَ، لِئَلّا يَدْعُوكَ هُمْ أَيْضاً بِالْمُقَابِلِ، فَتَكُونَ قَدْ كُوفِئْتَ. 13 وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا تُقِيمُ وَلِيمَةً ادْعُ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَالْمُعَاقِينَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ؛ 14 فَتَكُونَ مُبَارَكاً لأَنَّ هؤُلاءِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَا يُكَافِئُونَكَ بِهِ، فَإِنَّكَ تُكَافَأُ فِي قِيَامَةِ الأَبْرَارِ». 



15 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هَذَا أَحَدُ الْمُتَّكِئِينَ، قَالَ لَهُ: «طُوبَى لِمَنْ سَيَتَنَاوَلُ الطَّعَامَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ!» 16 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَقَامَ إِنْسَانٌ عَشَاءً عَظِيماً، وَدَعَا كَثِيرِينَ. 17 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ عَبْدَهُ سَاعَةَ الْعَشَاءِ لِيَقُولَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: تَعَالَوْا، فَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ جَاهِزٌ! 18 فَبَدَأَ الْجَمِيعُ يَعْتَذِرُونَ عَلَى السَّوَاءِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَوَّلُهُمْ: اشْتَرَيْتُ حَقْلاً، وَعَلَيَّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَرَاهُ أَرْجُو مِنْكَ أَنْ تَعْذُرَنِي! 19 وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: اشْتَرَيْتُ خَمْسَةَ أَزْوَاجِ بَقَرٍ، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لأُجَرِّبَهَا أَرْجُو مِنْكَ أَنْ تَعْذُرَنِي! 20 وَقَالَ آخَرُ: تَزَوَّجْتُ بِامْرَأَةٍ، وَلِذلِكَ لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَحْضُرَ! 21 فَرَجَعَ الْعَبْدُ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِذلِكَ. عِنْدَئِذٍ غَضِبَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لِعَبْدِهِ: اخْرُجْ سَرِيعاً إِلَى شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَزِقَّتِهَا، وَأَحْضِرِ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَالْمُعَاقِينَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ إِلَى هُنَا. 22 (فَرَجَعَ) الْخَادِمُ يَقُولُ: يَا سَيِّدُ، قَدْ جَرَى مَا أَمَرْتَ بِهِ، وَيُوجَدُ بَعْدُ مَكَانٌ. 23 فَقَالَ السَّيِّدُ لِلْعَبْدِ: اخْرُجْ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ وَالسَّاحَاتِ وَأَجْبِرِ النَّاسَ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ حَتَّى يَمْتَلِئَ بَيْتِي، 24 فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ وَاحِداً مِنْ أُولئِكَ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ لَنْ يَذُوقَ عَشَائِي!» 



25 وَكَانَتْ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ تَسِيرُ مَعَهُ، فَالْتَفَتَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: 26 «إِنْ جَاءَ إِلَيَّ أَحَدٌ، وَلَمْ يُبْغِضْ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَأَوْلادَهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وأَخَوَاتِهِ، بَلْ نَفْسَهُ أَيْضاً، فَلا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تِلْمِيذاً لِي. 27 وَمَنْ لَا يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتْبَعُنِي، فَلا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تِلْمِيذاً لِي. 28 فَأَيٌّ مِنْكُمْ، وَهُوَ رَاغِبٌ فِي أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بُرْجاً، لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَحْسِبُ الْكُلْفَةَ لِيَرَى هَلْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَكْفِي لإِنْجَازِهِ؟ 29 وَذلِكَ لِئَلّا يَضَعَ لَهُ الأَسَاسَ وَلا يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يُنْجِزَهُ. أَفَلا يَأْخُذُ جَمِيعُ النَّاظِرِينَ يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُ. 30 قَائِلِينَ: هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ شَرَعَ يَبْنِي وَعَجَزَ عَنِ الإِنْجَازِ؟ 31 أَمْ أَيُّ مَلِكٍ ذَاهِبٍ لِمُحَارَبَةِ آخَرَ، لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَسْتَشِيرُ لِيَرَى هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ ذلِكَ الزَّاحِفَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً. 32 وَإلَّا فَإِنَّهُ، وَالْعَدُوُّ مَازَالَ بَعِيداً، يُرْسِلُ إِلَيْهِ وَفْداً، طَالِباً مَا يَؤُولُ إِلَى الصُّلْحِ. 33 هكَذَا إِذَنْ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لَا يَهْجُرُ كُلَّ مَا يَمْلِكُهُ، لَا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تِلْمِيذاً لِي. 34 إِنَّمَا الْمِلْحُ جَيِّدٌ. وَلكِنْ إِذَا فَقَدَ الْمِلْحُ طَعْمَهُ، فَبِمَاذَا تُعَادُ إِلَيْهِ مُلُوحَتُهُ؟ 35 إِنَّهُ لَا يَصْلُحُ لَا لِلتُّرْبَةِ وَلا لِلسَّمَادِ، فَيُطْرَحُ خَارِجاً. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ!» 

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