1Raz v sobotu istý popredný farizej pozval Ježiša do svojho domu na obed.2Bol tam aj človek chorý na vodnatieľku. Farizeji striehli, či ho Ježiš uzdraví.3Tu sa Ježiš obrátil na farizejov a učiteľov Zákona s otázkou: „Je dovolené v sobotu uzdravovať, alebo nie?“4Keďže mu neodpovedali, vzal Ježiš chorého za ruku, uzdravil ho a poslal domov.5Potom sa ich spýtal: „Ak niekomu z vás spadne v sobotu do studne syn alebo vôl, nevytiahnete ho z nej hneď v sobotu?“6Ani teraz mu nevedeli odpovedať.
Prvé a posledné miesto
7Keď si všimol, ako sa niektorí hostia usilujú zaujať popredné miesto pri stole, dal im túto radu:8„Ak vás niekto pozve na svadbu, nesadajte si na predné miesto. Lebo by sa mohlo stať, že príde niekto váženejší ako vy9a hostiteľ by prišiel za vami a požiadal vás, aby ste si presadli a uvoľnili mu miesto. A vy by ste si so zahanbením museli ísť sadnúť kdesi na koniec stola.10Naopak, ak vás pozvú, sadnite si celkom dozadu, keď vás hostiteľ uvidí, príde a povie vám:‚Poď, priateľ môj, presadni si dopredu!‘ A to vás pozdvihne v očiach ostatných hostí.11Lebo ten, kto sa povyšuje, bude ponížený a ten, kto sa ponižuje, bude povýšený.“12A hostiteľovi povedal: „Keď dávaš obed alebo večeru, nepozývaj svojich priateľov, bratov, príbuzných či bohatých susedov, inak by zasa oni pozvali teba a dostal by si odplatu.13Radšej pozvi chudobných, zmrzačených, chromých a slepých.14Tí sa ti nemajú čím odmeniť, ale ty budeš mať v srdci radosť. A pri vzkriesení spravodlivých ťa Boh za to odmení.“
Podobenstvo o veľkej hostine
15Jeden z hostí, čo sedel pri stole s Ježišom, zvolal: „Aké to bude šťastie pre každého, kto bude pozvaný k stolu v Božom kráľovstve!“16Na to mu odpovedal Ježiš týmto podobenstvom: „Istý muž chystal veľkú hostinu a pozval na ňu mnoho ľudí.17Keď sa priblížil ten slávnostný deň, poslal svojho sluhu k pozvaným s odkazom:‚Príďte, všetko je už pripravené!‘18Ale pozvaní sa začali svorne vyhovárať. Jeden povedal:‚Kúpil som pole a musím si ho ísť pozrieť. Prosím ťa, ospravedlň ma.‘19Druhý sa vyhovoril:‚Žiaľ, nemôžem prísť. Kúpil som päť párov volov a musím ich vyskúšať.‘20Tretí sa ospravedlňoval:‚Práve som sa oženil. Uznaj, že nemôžem prísť.‘21Keď sa sluha vrátil a všetko rozpovedal pánovi, ten sa rozhneval a prikázal sluhovi:‚Choď rýchlo do ulíc a na námestia a pozvi sem chudobných, zmrzačených, slepých a chromých.‘22Sluha sa vrátil a povedal:‚Splnil som tvoj príkaz, ale ešte ostalo dosť miesta.‘23Tu mu pán prikázal:‚Choď na poľné cesty a medzi ohrady a každého, koho stretneš, doveď sem, nech sa naplní môj dom.24Z tých, čo boli pozvaní, však ani jeden neokúsi nič z mojej hostiny.‘ “
Ježišovi praví nasledovníci
25Šli za ním obrovské zástupy. Ježiš sa k nim obrátil a povedal:26„Kto ma chce nasledovať, musí ma mať radšej ako svojho otca a matku, ako svoje deti, bratov a sestry, ba väčšmi ako sám seba, ináč nemôže byť mojím učeníkom.27Kto nie je ochotný znášať ťažkosti, ktoré mu nastanú, keď ma bude nasledovať, nemôže byť mojím učeníkom.28Kto chce stavať dom, musí si najprv urobiť rozpočet a odhadnúť, či bude mať dosť prostriedkov na jeho dokončenie.29Inak, ak postaví iba základy a stavbu nedokončí, všetci sa mu budú vysmievať:30‚Pozrite, to je ten, čo začal stavať, ale nedokončil, lebo nemal na to.‘31Alebo ak niektorému kráľovi hrozí vojna, či najprv nezvolá vojenskú radu a neporadí sa, či môže so svojimi desaťtisíc vojakmi čeliť dvadsiatim tisícom?32Ak sa ukáže, že nie, či nepošle svojich poslov vyjednávať o mier skôr, ako ho nepriateľ napadne?33A tak sa nikto z vás nemôže stať mojím učeníkom, kým si dobre nerozváži, čoho by sa musel pre mňa vzdať.“
O soli
34„Soľ je dobrá, ale ak stratí svoju slanosť, čo s ňou? Soľ bez chuti sa nehodí na nič,35ani len na hnojenie, musí sa vyhodiť. Kto má uši, nech počuje.“
1One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. (Mk 3,2; Lk 7,36; Lk 11,37; Lk 20,20)2And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.3And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” (Mt 12,10; Lk 7,30; Lk 13,14)4But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away.5And 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?” (Dt 22,4; Mt 12,11; Lk 13,15)6And they could not reply to these things. (Mt 22,46)
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
7Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, (Lk 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,9and 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.10But 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. (Prís 25,6)11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Prís 29,23; Ez 21,26; Mt 18,4; Lk 18,14; Jak 4,6; Jak 4,10; 1 Pt 5,5)
The Parable of the Great Banquet
12He 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. (Lk 6,34; Jn 21,12)13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, (Neh 8,10; Neh 8,12; Est 9,22; Lk 14,21)14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Jn 11,24; Sk 24,15; 1 Kor 15,23; 1 Sol 4,16; Zjv 20,4)15When 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!” (Lk 13,29; Lk 22,16; Lk 22,30; Zjv 19,9)16But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. (Iz 25,6; Mt 22,2)17And 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.’ (Est 6,14; Prís 9,3; Prís 9,5)18But 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.’19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’20And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ (Dt 24,5)21So 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.’ (Lk 14,13)22And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’23And 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.24For I tell you,[4] none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’” (Mt 21,43; Sk 13,46)
The Cost of Discipleship
25Now 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. (Dt 33,9; Mt 10,37; Lk 14,33; Lk 16,13; Jn 12,25; Sk 20,24; Zjv 12,11)27Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. (Mt 10,38; Mt 16,24; Mk 8,34; Lk 9,23; Jn 19,17)28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? (Prís 24,27)29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’31Or 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? (Lk 14,28)32And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.33So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. (Lk 14,26; Lk 18,28; Flp 3,7)
Salt Without Taste Is Worthless
34“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? (Mt 5,13; Mk 9,50)35It 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)