I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

But his mother replied, “No! He must be named John.”

So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

They said to her, “But none of your relatives bears this name.”

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.