On the Sabbath day Jesus had gone into the house of one of the rulers
who belonged to the Pharisees to eat bread; and they were watching
him. And--look you-- there was a man before him who had dropsy. Jesus
said to the Scribes and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath? Or, is it not?" They... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus spoke a parable to the invited guests, for he noticed how they
chose the first places at the table. "When you are bidden by someone
to a marriage feast," he said. "do not take your place at table in the
first scat, in case someone more distinguished than you has been
invited, for in that case... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus said to the man who had invited him, "Whenever you give a dinner
or a banquet, do not call your friends, or your brothers, or your
kinsfolk or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back again
in return and you receive a repayment. But when you give a feast,
invite the poor, the maimed,... [ Continue Reading ]
When one of those who were sitting at table with Jesus heard this, he
said, "Happy is the man who eats bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus
said to him, "There was a man who made a great banquet, and who
invited many people to it. At the time of the banquet he sent his
servants to say to those who ha... [ Continue Reading ]
Great crowds were on the way with Jesus. He turned and said to them,
"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, and
wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life
too, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his cross and
come after me cannot be my... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus said, "Salt is a fine thing; but if salt has become insipid, by
what means shall its taste be restored? It is fit neither for the land
nor the dunghill. Men throw it out. He who has an ear to hear, let him
hear."
Just sometimes Jesus speaks with a threat in his voice. When a person
is always... [ Continue Reading ]