Luke 14:7-14

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed v how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, w so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For x everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

The Parable of the Great Banquet

12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give y a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers 1 or your relatives or rich neighbors, z lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, a invite b the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid c at d the resurrection of the just."

  1. Cross References
    Luke 11:43
    Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 25:6 - 7
    Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 18:14
    I tell you, this man went down to his house jus...
    Proverbs 29:23
    One's pride will bring him low, but he who is l...
    Ezekiel 21:26
    Thus says the Lord God : Remove the turban and ...
    Matthew 18:4
    Whoever humbles himself like this child is the ...
    James 4:6
    But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "Go...
    James 4:10
    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will ...
    1 Peter 5:5 - 6
    Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to th...
  4. Cross References
    John 21:12
    Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 6:34
    And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
  6. Cross References
    Nehemiah 8:10
    Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
    Nehemiah 8:12
    And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
    Esther 9:22
    As the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
  7. Cross References
    Luke 14:21
    So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:23
    But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
    1 Thessalonians 4:16
    For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
    John 11:24
    Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.
    Revelation 20:4 - 5
    Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
  9. Cross References
    Acts 24:15
    Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
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