Luke 14:11-18

¹¹For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

¹²Then he said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you back, and then you'd be repaid.

¹³Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

¹⁴and you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you with, and you'll be rewarded at the resurrection of the good.”

¹⁵When one of them eating at the table with Jesus heard this, he said to Jesus, “How wonderful it will be for those who feast in the kingdom of God!”

¹⁶“Once there was a man who prepared a great banquet, and invited many guests,” Jesus replied.

¹⁷“When it was time to eat he sent his servant out to tell everyone who had been invited, ‘Come, because the banquet's ready.’

¹⁸But they all started to make excuses. The first said, ‘I've just bought a field and I have to go and see it. Please excuse me.’