Luke 13
18He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
19It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
20And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
21It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."
22He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
24"Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
26Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
27But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'
28In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out.
29And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.
30And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."
32And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.
33Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.'
34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
35Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
Luke 14
1One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
2And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.
3And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
4But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away.
5And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"
6And they could not reply to these things.
7Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed 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,
9and 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.
10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, 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.
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
12He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
15When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"
16But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
17And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'
18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'
19And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'
20And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
21So 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.'
22And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
23And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
24For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"