Jesus Heals a Sick Man
1 One Sabbath Jesus went to eat a meal at the home of one of the leading Pharisees; and people were watching Jesus closely. 2 A man whose legs and arms were swollen came to Jesus, 3 and Jesus spoke up and asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, “Does our Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?”
4 But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away. 5 Then he said to them, “If any one of you had a child or an ox that happened to fall in a well on a Sabbath, would you not pull it out at once on the Sabbath itself?”
6 But they were not able to answer him about this.
Humility and Hospitality
7 Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them: 8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited, 9 and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and say to you, ‘Let him have this place.’ Then you would be embarrassed and have to sit in the lowest place. 10 Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that your host will come to you and say, ‘Come on up, my friend, to a better place.’ This will bring you honor in the presence of all the other guests. 11 For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”
12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors—for they will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did. 13 When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind; 14 and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.”
The Parable of the Great Feast
(Matthew 22.1-10)15 When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, “How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!”
16 Jesus said to him, “There was once a man who was giving a great feast to which he invited many people. 17 When it was time for the feast, he sent his servant to tell his guests, ‘Come, everything is ready!’ 18 But they all began, one after another, to make excuses. The first one told the servant, ‘I have bought a field and must go and look at it; please accept my apologies.’ 19 Another one said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.’ 20 Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.’ 21 The servant went back and told all this to his master. The master was furious and said to his servant, ‘Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 22 Soon the servant said, ‘Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is room for more.’ 23 So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the country roads and lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!’”
The Cost of Being a Disciple
(Matthew 10.37Matthew 38)25 Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them, 26 “Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well. 27 Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples. 28 If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job. 29 If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you. 30 ‘You began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say. 31 If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king. 32 If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off. 33 In the same way,” concluded Jesus, “none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.
Worthless Salt
(Matthew 5.13Mark 9.50)34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. 35 It is no good for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown away. Listen, then, if you have ears!”
Jēzus dziedina tūskas slimo
1 Jēzus kādā sabatā iegāja ievērojama farizeja namā maizi ēst, un tie viņu novēroja. 2 Redzi, viņa priekšā bija kāds cilvēks, slims ar tūsku. 3 Jēzus vērsās pie farizejiem un likuma zinātājiem un jautāja: “Vai drīkst sabatā dziedināt vai ne?” 4 Bet tie klusēja. Tad Jēzus ņēma un dziedināja šo vīru un ļāva tam iet. 5 Un tiem viņš sacīja: “Kurš no jums, ja tam dēls vai vērsis sabatā iekritīs akā, to tūdaļ nevilks laukā?” 6 Tie nekā uz to nespēja atbildēt.
Pazemība un viesmīlība
7 Tad viņš, ievērojis, ka mielastā saaicinātie cenšas sev izraudzīties labākās vietas pie galda, stāstīja tiem līdzību: 8 “Kad tevi aicina kāzās, nesēdies goda vietā. Var gadīties, ka ir aicināts kāds cienījamāks par tevi 9 un ka, viņam atnākot, tas, kurš aicinājis jūs abus, tev sacīs: dod vietu viņam. Un tad tev ar kaunu būs jāieņem pēdējā vieta. 10 Bet, kad tevi aicina, ej un apsēdies pēdējā vietā, lai tas, kas tevi aicinājis, pienācis tev sacītu: draugs, kāp augstāk. Tad tu būsi pagodināts visu viesu priekšā. 11 Jo katrs, kas sevi paaugstina, tiks pazemināts un, kas sevi pazemina, tas tiks paaugstināts.” 12 Viņš sacīja arī tam, kas viņu bija aicinājis: “Kad tu rīko pusdienas vai vakariņas, neaicini nedz savus draugus, nedz brāļus, nedz radus, nedz bagātus kaimiņus, ka arī viņi tevi neaicinātu un nenotiktu savstarpēja atlīdzināšana. 13 Bet, kad tu rīko mielastu, aicini nabagus, tizlus, kroplus, aklus. 14 Un tu būsi laimīgs, jo viņiem nav ar ko tev atlīdzināt. Tev tiks atlīdzināts pie taisno augšāmcelšanās.”
Līdzība par lielo mielastu
(Mt 22:1–14)15 Kad to dzirdēja kāds no tiem, kas sēdēja pie galda, tas sacīja: “Laimīgs, kas ēdīs maizi Dieva valstībā.” 16 Jēzus sāka viņam stāstīt: “Kāds cilvēks rīkoja lielu mielastu un daudzus uz to saaicināja. 17 Ap mielasta laiku viņš nosūtīja savu kalpu pie aicinātajiem sacīt: nāciet, viss jau ir gatavs! 18 Tie visi kā viens sāka aizbildināties. Pirmais viņam sacīja: es esmu nopircis lauku, un man ir jāiet to apskatīt. Lūdzu, pieņem manu aizbildināšanos! 19 Un cits sacīja: es esmu nopircis piecus pārus vēršu un eju tos pārbaudīt. Lūdzu, pieņem manu aizbildināšanos! 20 Vēl cits sacīja: es sievu esmu apņēmis un tādēļ nevaru nākt. 21 Kalps ieradies to paziņoja savam kungam. Tad nama saimnieks sadusmojās un sacīja savam kalpam: izej steigšus pilsētas ielās un ieliņās un ved šurp nabagus, tizlus, aklus un kroplus! 22 Kalps teica: kungs, ir noticis, kā tu pavēlēji, bet vēl ir vietas. 23 Tad kungs sacīja kalpam: dodies pa ceļiem un sētām un piespied nākt visus, lai mans nams būtu pilns! 24 Es jums saku: neviens no aicinātajiem vīriem manu mielastu nebaudīs.”
Ko nozīmē būt māceklim
(Mt 10:34–39)25 Lieli ļaužu pūļi viņam sekoja, un, pagriezies pret tiem, viņš sacīja: 26 “Ja kāds nāk pie manis un neienīst savu tēvu un māti, sievu un bērnus, brāļus un māsas un vēl arī pats savu dzīvību, tas nevar būt mans māceklis. 27 Un, kas nenes savu krustu un neseko man, tas nevar būt mans māceklis. 28 Kurš no jums, gribēdams celt torni, vispirms apsēdies neaprēķinās izdevumus, vai pietiks līdzekļu darba veikšanai, 29 lai tad, kad viņš pamatus ieliek un nespēj pabeigt, visi, kas to redz, nesāk zoboties, 30 sacīdami: šis cilvēks gan iesāka celt, bet nespēja pabeigt. 31 Vai arī, kurš ķēniņš, gribēdams doties karot ar citu ķēniņu, vispirms apsēdies neapdomās, vai viņš ar desmit tūkstošiem spēs stāties pretī tam, kas nāk virsū ar divdesmit tūkstošiem. 32 Bet, ja ne, viņš, kamēr tas vēl tālu, sūtīs vēstnešus, lai lūgtu mieru. 33 Tāpat neviens no jums, kas neatteiksies no visa, kas tam pieder, nevar būt mans māceklis. 34 Sāls ir laba, bet, ja arī sāls kļūst nederīga, kā lai to padara derīgu? 35 Tā vairs neder nedz zemei, nedz mēsliem, bet metama ārā. Kam ausis dzirdēt, tas lai dzird!”
