In Luke 14, he records a series of parables. First, Jesus talks about a wedding feast when he noticed some people were choosing to sit in seats of honor. He told his disciples to take the lowest seat so that they will be asked to move up higher. “Then,” Jesus said, “you will be honored in the presence of all who sti at tbale with you” (Luke 14:10). Jesus was telling them to always remain humble, for “he who humbles himself will be exalted” (vs. 11).
Then he shifted the conversation to the man who had invited him. Jesus said, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neibhbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid” (vs. 12). He continued, “But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just” (vs. 13-14).
Then Jesus shifted to the kingdom banquet, where we all eat together in the kingdom of God in Heaven. He said that a man threw a great banquet and invited many people. When the meal was ready, people began making excuses and this was reported to the host. He replied, “Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame” (vs. 21). His point was that God wants Heaven to be full and we shouldn’t only reach those who look like us. We must minister to the poor, the sick, and those who are outcasts.