Luke 14:1-11

1It happened that when He went into the house of one of the 1leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, 2they were watching Him closely. 2And 3there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3And Jesus answered and spoke to the 45lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “6Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. 5And He said to them, “78Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” 69And they could make no reply to this.

7And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how 10they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, 8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, 11do not 12take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, 9and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then 13in disgrace you 14proceed to occupy the last place. 10But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, 15move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who 16are at the table with you. 1117For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”