Last Sunday we heard the beginning of the fourteenth chapter of Luke. On a sabbath day Jesus went to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat. A man comes, finds Jesus, and is healed. This causes great consternation to the group of Pharisees who are there. Then Jesus spoke to those present about seeking out the most humble place at a banquet: “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but those who humble themselves will be exalted.”[1] There were also words about generosity to those who were poor: “And you will be happy . . . you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”[2]
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