“When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told
them this parable: ‘When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the
place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.
If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man
your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.
But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes,
he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be
honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.’ Then Jesus
said to his host, ‘When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your
friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may
invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite
the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although
they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the
righteous.’” Luke 14:7-14
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