He said, When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest room; lest one more honorable than you has been invited. The host would have to come and tell you the room was for someone else and, with shame, you move to the lowest room.

 Luke 14:8, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not have it!

 Luke 13:34, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

Instead, sit down in the lowest room. Then the host may come to you and say, Friend, go up higher. You will, then, have the respect of the other guests.

Luke 14:10, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

He said, When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest room; lest one more honorable than you has been invited. The host would have to come and tell you the room was for someone else and, with shame, you move to the lowest room.

 Luke 14:8, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

Whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

 Luke 14:11, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

When you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. You will be blessed because they cannot repay you; you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

 Luke 14:13, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

Then Jesus said to his host, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, or your brethren, or kinsmen, or rich neighbors; lest they also invite you in return, and you incur an obligation.

 Luke 14:12, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

The first said, I have bought some land and I must go to see it. Please have me excused.

 Luke 14:18, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

A man made a great supper and invited many people. When it was supper time he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, Come. All things are now ready. One after another, each one made an excuse.

 Luke 14:16, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

Another said, I just purchased five yoke of oxen and I must go to claim them. Please have me excused.

 Luke 14:19, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

Another said, I have just married and cannot come.

 Luke 14:20, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

Then the master of the house became angry and said, Go out into the streets and lanes of the city. Gather the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind and bring them here.

 Luke 14:21, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

For I say to you, None of those who were invited shall taste of my supper.

 Luke 14:24, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

The servant returned and said, Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room. The lord said, Go out, then, into all the highways and compel them to come in so my house may be filled.

 Luke 14:21, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

If any man comes to me, and does not forsake his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

 Luke 14:24, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

 Luke 14:27, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see whether you have what is needed to finish it? Lest, after you have laid the foundation, and are not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock you and say, This man began to build but was not able to finish.

 Luke 14:28, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

Or what king, contemplating war against another king, does not first sit and consult whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? If not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends his ambassadors to discuss conditions of peace.

 Luke 14:31, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian 

So likewise, any of you that does not forsake all he has, cannot be my disciple.

 Luke 14:33 Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian

Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its savour, with what can it be seasoned? It is not fit for the land, yet not ready for the dunghill; so men cast it aside.

 Mark 9:50, Jesus, Jesian, Jes'ian