2 [14:7]And he spoke a parable to the invited, when he observed how they selected the first places at the table; saying to them, [14:8]When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest at some time a more honorable man than you should have been invited by him, [14:9] and he that invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man a place; and then with shame you take the last place. [14:10]But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; then you shall have honor in the presence of those that recline with you; [14:11]for every one that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. 3 [14:12]And he said also to him that had invited him, When you make a breakfast, or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time invite you in return, and a compensation be made to you. [14:13]But when you make a feast, invite the poor, crippled, lame, blind, [14:14]and you shall be blessed; for they cannot compensate you; for you shall be compensated at the resurrection of the just. 4 [14:15]And one of those reclining with him, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he that eats bread in the kingdom of God. [14:16]And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many. [14:17]And he sent his servant at the time of the supper to say to the invited, Come, for all things are now ready. [14:18]And they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused. [14:19]And another said, I have bought five yokes of oxen and I go to try them; I pray you have me excused. [14:20]And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come. [14:21]And the servant came and reported to his lord these things. Then the master of the house; being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame. [14:22]And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you commanded, and yet there is room. [14:23]And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled; [14:24]for I tell you that none of those men that were invited shall taste of my supper.