Luke 14:2-14

2And 1there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3And Jesus answered and spoke to the 23lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “4Is 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, “56Which 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?” 67And they could make no reply to this.

7And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how 8they 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, 9do not 10take 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 11in disgrace you 12proceed 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, 13move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who 14are at the table with you. 1115For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

12And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. 13But when you give a 16reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed, since they 17do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at 18the resurrection of the righteous.”