Luke Chapter 14 Verse 9‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.›

‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen› [doth gather] ‹her brood under› [her] ‹wings, and ye would not!›

‹Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until› [the time] ‹come when ye shall say, Blessed› [is] ‹he that cometh in the name of the Lord.›

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‹Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?›

And they held their peace. And he took [him], and healed him, and let him go;

And answered them, saying, ‹Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?›

And they could not answer him again to these things.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

‹When thou art bidden of any› [man] ‹to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;›

‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.›

‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›

Then said he also to him that bade him, ‹When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor› [thy] ‹rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.›

‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›

‹And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.›

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Then said he unto him, ‹A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:›

‹And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.›

‹And they all with one› [consent] ‹began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.›

‹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.›

The Book of Luke, Chapter 14, Verse 9