72: Jesus Teaches At The Table Of A Chief Pharisee

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Luke 14:1-24


Jesus Teaches At The Table Of A Chief Pharisee



Jesus Heals A Man With Dropsy


On a Sabbath day Jesus ate in the house of one of the chief Pharisees. He was being watched closely.

A man came before him who was afflicted with dropsy. Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, asking:

“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?”

The lawyers and Pharisees remained silent. Thereupon Jesus healed the man and let him depart. Then he said to the lawyers and Pharisees:

“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 the lawyers and Pharisees were unable to give any answer.


The Parable Of The Wedding Guest

While he was eating at the home of the chief Pharisee, Jesus, who noticed how certain of the guests always pushed themselves into the positions of honor, said to them:

“When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room: lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him; 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. 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.”


Jesus Instructs The Pharisee


Jesus also said to the Pharisee who had invited him to eat:

“When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither they kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense 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.”


The Parable Of The Great Supper


One of the guests said:

“Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus said to the guest:

“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.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ So that servant came, and showed 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 the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.’ And the servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as thou has commanded, and yet there is room.’

“And the lord said unto the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.’”

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