Luke 14:1-17 ▼

1 And it came to pass, in His going into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.

2 And behold, there was a certain man with dropsy before Him.

3 And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

4 But they were silent. And having taken hold of him, He healed him and let him go.

5 And He said to them, “Which of you? whose son or ox will fall into a well will not also immediately pull him up on the day of the Sabbath?”

6 And they were not able to reply to these things.

7 And He was speaking a parable to those invited, remarking how they were choosing out the first places, saying to them,

8 “When you are invited by anyone to the wedding feasts, do not recline in the first place, lest ever one more honorable than you may have been invited by him.

9 And the one having invited you and him, having come, will say to you, ‘Give to this one the place,’ and then you should begin with shame to take the last place.

10 But when you are invited, having gone, recline in the last place, so that when the one having invited you might come, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’ Then glory will be to you before all those reclining with you.

11 For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.”

12 And also He was saying to the one having invited Him, “When you may make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest ever they should also invite you in return, and repayment be made to you.

13 But when you may make a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

14 and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”

15 And one of those reclining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”

16 But He said to him, “A certain man was preparing a great supper, and he called many.

17 And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, ‘Come, because now it is ready.’