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11 All who push themselves forward, you see, will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be honored.”

The parable of the great banquet

12 He then turned to his host. “When you give a lunch or a supper,” he said, “don’t invite your friends or your family or relatives, or your rich neighbors. They might ask you back again, and you’d be repaid. 13 When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind.

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11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,(B)

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