Luke 14:1-13 ▼

1 And as He went into the house of one of the chief of the pharisees to eat on the sabbath- day, and they were watching Him,

2 behold, there was a certain man before Him that had a dropsy.

3 And Jesus spake to the expounders of the law and to the pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath- day?

4 but they made no answer. And He took him and healed him, and sent him away:

5 and said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out even on the sabbath-day?

6 and they were not able to answer Him again to these things.

7 And He spake a parable to those that were invited, observing how they chose the chief seats, saying unto them,

8 When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the uppermost place, least one more honorable than thou be invited by him;

9 and he who invited thee and him, should come and say to thee, Give place to this person, and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:

11 for whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

12 He said also to him that had invited Him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor thy rich neighbors; least they invite thee again, and so a return be made thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be happy;