Luke 14:1-24 1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were 2 watching him. And behold, there was before him a certain man which 3 had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not? 4 But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and 5 let him go. And he said unto them, Which of you shall have [1]an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him 6 up on a sabbath day? And they could not answer again unto these things. 7 And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, when he 8 marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, [2]sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honourable man than thou be 9 bidden of him, and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to 10 take the lowest place. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee. For every one 11 that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 12 And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper,[a] call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee 13 again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a 14 feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not _wherewith_ to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. 15 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 16 kingdom of God. But he said unto him, A certain man made a great 17 supper; and he bade many: and he sent forth his [3]servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for _all_ 18 things are now ready. And they all with one _consent_ began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I 19 must needs go out and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove 20 them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have 21 married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the [3]servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his [3]servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and 22 maimed and blind and lame. And the [3]servant said, Lord, what