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We're coming to Auckland, New Zealand, Phoenix, Arizona, New York City, Pennsylvania, Boston, Alabama, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sacramento, California, Los Angeles, California. And if you' you're a Mormon and you want to learn about Jesus and not Joseph Smith, we're going to be in Salt Lake City, Utah as well. A lot of them is sold out, but there's some that have low tickets and we want to make sure you get your seat. So go to jesustreet.org tour, get your tickets, come out to the live podcast show because I believe that God is preparing a word specifically for each city we visit. So go to jasonthestreet.org tour, get your tickets, and we'll see you guys in 2026 for the live podcast tour. What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford podcast. I'm Bryson. Today we are going to be in Luke chapter 14. But before we get into it, it's time to open another gift, Elf Dylan. All right, this. This one's very dear to my heart. Merry Christmas, Bryce. Thank you so much, elf Dylan. I appreciate you. I actually have no idea what's in all of it. Whoa. A multi device wall charger. There you go. Whoa. You know what? This was very thoughtful of you, elf Dylan. Thank you so much. Why'd you get this for me? Merry Christmas, Bryce. Oh, thanks, man. Wait, why did you get this for me? Have a good Christmas, Bryce. You earned it. Ah, thanks so much. I appreciate you. There you go. Thank you so much. That was kind. Well, as always, we're going to be reading the word of God today. We're going to be in Luke chapter 14. We're gonna see Jesus heal another man on the Sabbath. So on the Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of the ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man who had drop c. And Jesus responded to the is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? They remained silent. It seems to be a common theme from Jesus healing on the Sabbath. He says, which of you have a son? He healed him. And then he said, which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on the Sabbath day, would not immediately pull him out. And they could not reply to these things. I will do anything to reach my children at all times, at all costs. And then Jesus told them a parable to those who were invited when he noticed how they chose the places of honor. Says, when you're invited by someone at a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor. Let someone more distinguished than you be invited by him. 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 spot. 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 the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted Jesus encouraging this lifestyle of humility and living a low life doesn't mean think less of yourself means think of yourself less. Does that make sense? We'll keep on reading. In chapter 14, the parable of the great Banquet, he also said to the man who invited them, when you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just saying, hey, look, listen. Treat everyone with the utmost respect, value and love. The same value that you show Bill Gates, you show the homeless man, not because their bank account number determines how valuable they are, but because the price that God has put on both of their lives was his own. So that's what we show with respect. With one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things. He said, and blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God. But he said to him, a man once gave a great banquet and invited many at the time for the banquet, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, come, for everything is ready now. But they all alike began to make excuses. The verse said to him, I've bought a field and I must go and see it. Excuse me. And the other said, I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to examine them. Please have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, therefore I cannot come. 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 quickly to the streets and the lanes of the city that bring in the poor and the crippled and the blind and the lame. You know what Jesus is giving you? Same way you're saying, look, I don't want people that, that are in my kingdom, that dine with me, that are intimate with me, just to be people that claim to love me with their mouth, that won't show up for me, that don't love me under their lives. He's like, I want people that actually need to depend on me, trust on me, lean on me. So those are the people I want. If you don't want me, it breaks my heart. But I respect that wish. And verse 23, it says, Go out to the highways and the hedges and compel people to come in that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of Those men who were invited shall taste the banquet. And verse 26 it says, if anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does who, whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost? Whether he has enough completed? Again, this idea of counting the cost, count the cost to follow Jesus. It costs something to follow Jesus. Come without reservation, come without hesitation. Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish. Or what king going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with 10,000 to meet him and come down with him 20,000. And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. Therefore any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Full dependence and reliance on Jesus. And then he closes out chapter 14 with salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or the man. Your pilot is thrown away. He who has ears, let him hear. Let us be impacted by the words of Jesus in chapter 14. And tomorrow we will see you guys for Luke chapter 15. Hey, thank you guys so much for watching the Luke series. I pray that this thing is a blessing to you and the ultimate heart is so that you go and read this word daily. You don't rely on the podcast, you rely on the word of God and the Holy Spirit. Thank you guys so much for watching. If you like the episodes, subscribe follow us on social media and we'll see you guys in the next episode. Hey, Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile. 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