"Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” (Luke 14: 13 - 14).
Jesus it would appear looks forward to dinner invitations since it gives Him a teaching moment to meet the kind of crowd He did not reach on daily basis. Here Jesus gives a difficult lesson to the aristocratic group gathered for the dinner and frankly to us as well.
Why are humans so self centered? Even little children act always in a quid pro quo manner. Jesus set a new rule in the Kingdom He gave His life for. Act like your Heavenly Father, who is lavishly generous to All His children, Jesus admonishes.
"All you who are thirsty, come to the water!
You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat; Come, buy grain without money,
wine and milk without cost!" (Isaiah 55: 1).
Jesus offers the Bread of life free of charge.
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