Luke

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

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.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

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?

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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.

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

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.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

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.

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

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.

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

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.

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.