Luke 14:7-14

7Now He began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how 1they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, 8“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, 2do not 3take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, 9and the one who invited you 4both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then 5in disgrace you will proceed to occupy the last place. 10But whenever you are invited, go and 6take the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, 7move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are 8dining at the table with you. 119For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

12Now He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you to a meal in return, and that will be your 10repayment. 13But whenever you give a 11banquet, invite people who are poor, who have disabilities, who are limping, and people who are blind; 14and you will be blessed, since they 12do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at 13the resurrection of the righteous.”