But whenthou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowestroom; thatwhen he thatbadetheecometh, he may say untothee, Friend, go up higher: thenshaltthouhaveworship in the presence of themthat sit at meatwiththee.
Thensaid he also to him thatbade him, Whenthoumakest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy richneighbours; lesttheyalso bid theeagain, and a recompence be madethee.
And they all with one consentbegan to makeexcuse. The firstsaidunto him, I havebought a piece of ground, and I mustneeds go and see it: I praytheehave me excused.
So thatservantcame, and shewed his lordthesethings. Then the master of the housebeingangrysaid to his servant, Go out quicklyinto the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own lifealso, he cannot be my disciple.
Or whatking, going to make war againstanotherking, sitteth not downfirst, and consultethwhether he be ablewith ten thousand to meet him thatcomethagainst him withtwentythousand?