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Luke 14:1-14
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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
  • Comparative texts about Sacred Days and Seasons (inc Sabbath) from DSS, Mishnah, Babylonian Talmud, etc. Comparative texts about Pharisees & Sadducees from Josephus, Tosefta, Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud. Primary comparative texts of Rabbinic Wisdom (inc Sabbath and Passover restrictions) from Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus, Rutgers University.
  • Pharisees: New Testament Parallels to the Works of Josephus. From G.J. Goldberg's Flavius Josephus Home Page. (Some of these "parallels" are speculative.)
  • V.XXXIII.2, V.XXXVI.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • II.1, III.12, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • II.22, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • IV.31, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • Chapter XXXIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,  Tertullian (c. 211)
  • Epistle V -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
  • Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 14:1-11, Martin Luther, c. 1525.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "The reward of pride is dishonour, and the reward of true modesty is glory."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
    • "Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables."
  • From Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
    • "The general scope of it is, Not only at a marriage feast, but on every occasion, he that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that abaseth himself shall be exalted."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
    • "The Lord states a general law, but the final adjustment is often left to another state of being. Many a preacher has failed because he sought a place that was beyond his ability."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Luke 14:1, 7-14, David Schnasa Jacobsen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
    • "Outwardly, the pericope for this Sunday seems to be offering just wise advice."
  • "Freedom to Stop Counting and Start Blessing," David Lose, ....in the meantime, 2016.
  • "God's Pro Quo," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2016.
  • "Rewriting the Guest List," Janet H Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2016.
  • "Table Manners," Debie Thomas, Journey with Jesus, 2016.
  • "The Challenge of a Humble Gospel," Melissa Bane Sevier, 2016.
  • "Why Jesus Wouldn't Be a Democrat or Republican," Billy Honor, ON Scripture, 2016.
  • Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
  • "Before God with Empty Hands," Commented Bible Passages from Taize, 2014.
  • Commentary, Luke 14:1, 7-14, Emerson Powery, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
    • "In a modern democratic society in which public political rhetoric emphasizes that all are (created) equal, it is easy to miss the emphasis of Jesus' teaching in his own status-oriented, honor-shame and hierarchical space."
  • "Whose Banquet is it Anyway?" Shanell T. Smith, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2013.
    • "...as we commemorate the March on Washington, let us keep before us not only the racial issues that continue to plague our nation, but also whose banquet we are ultimately trying to attend as we seek to address them."
  • "The Kingdom of God...at School," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2013. 2010.
    • "...commit to praying regularly for our youth – and all of us – that we might remember Jesus' invitation and command, that we might remember how much God has given us, that we might live different as children of the light and begin in our homes and schools and church to fashion and nurture a different kind of community, a community founded not upon status but grace and not upon what we can do for each other but on what God has already done for us."
  • "Inviter and Invitee Integrity Inverted," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2013.
    • "There is, throughout these teachings, the underlying trust that God is just and that, rather than striving for immediate payback, one can trust that God will be faithful in rewarding acts of self-giving."
  • Process and Faith Lectionary Commentary, David Lull, 2013, "...bringing process-relational thought to people of faith."
    • "In our lives, churches, communities, and nations, where do you see evidence of people asserting of their privileged status in ways that create injustice?"
  • Parable of the Dinner Party, Michael Coffey, 2013.
  • "The Cheap Seats," Rick Fry, 2013.
  • Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Luke 14:1, 7-14, David Ewart, 2013.
    • "This is what Jesus is teaching / proclaiming here. What does it look like for those with higher status / honour / privilege to live the year of the Lord's favour?"
  • "Invited and Inviting," Sharron R. Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2013. 2010.
    • "Showing up, sitting down, and sharing our abundant blessings is the kind of banquet Jesus is talking about."
  • "The Place of Honor," David Sellery, 2013.
    • "Pride must be crowded out by love."
  • "Preaching Revolution," Anne Howard, The Beatitudes Society, 2013.
    • "It's time to preach revolution--in other words, it's time to embrace the heart of Christianity, the core of Jesus' life and teaching, and preach the politics of compassion."
  • "Honor Addiction," Patrick Clark, Catholic Moral Theology, 2013.
    • "If this week's readings contain any one unifying insight, it is that the real tragedy of the human obsession over honor is that it ultimately alienates us from one another, and so takes us ever farther from the interpersonal communion in which our fulfillment rests."
  • Liberal Lectionary Resources, Mary Lautensleger, Chris Ayers, 2013.
  • "Moving Up Higher," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2013.
    • "How do such earthly reversals compare to what Jesus offers in today's Gospel lesson?"
  • Pulpit Fiction, podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2013.
  • "The Feast," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, 2013.
    • "What excuses are coming between you and the feast you've been invited to?"
  • "Beasts of Sabbath," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2013.
    • "Sabbath, he struggles to make clear, is a day in which we recognize our lives and life itself as Gift. Not, What We Make of It. But, What We Find in It."
  • The Lectionary Lab, Pentecost +18, the Rev'ds Dr. John Fairless and Delmer Chilton (aka "Two Bubbas and a Bible"), 2013. Lectionary Lab Live podcast.
    • "We come and God gives to us the bread of life, the host, the food given to strangers, the food which changes us from strangers into friends, indeed transforms us from pilgrims into hosts."
  • Antoinette Tuff 911 call. Hospitality? Change in outcome and paradigm because of the "place" "chosen" at the table?
  • "You Might Be Cooking This Very Night for People Who Won't Invite You Back," Lauren F. Winner, The Hardest Question, 2013.
    • "I spent most of the week reacting defensively against this parable..."
  • "Celebrity Chairs," Andrew Prior, 2013.
  • "Humility," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
    • "True humility doesn't consist of thinking ill of yourself but of not thinking of yourself much differently from the way you'd be apt to think of anybody else. It is the capacity for being no more and no less pleased when you play your own hand well than when your opponents do."
  • Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • Commentary, Luke 14:1, 7-14, Jeannine K. Brown, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
    • "Giving great honor to those who are distinguished. Ignoring those who are ordinary or 'defective.' Seating charts that are set up to emphasize the high status of some and the lower status of others..."
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "More than Good Advice [or] Why Jesus Gets Killed, Pt. 2," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2010.
    • "If there was ever a gospel reading that invited a polite yawn, this might be it. I mean, goodness, but Jesus comes off in this scene as a sort of a progressive Miss Manners."
  • "First Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 15, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "People who claim to be acting in love without any self interest are frequently in a state of denial, so much so at times that they fail to recognise to control their self interest - to their own harm and that of others."
  • Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
    • "We might relate this text to our table fellowship in Holy Communion. Who do we invite to this supper? Do we keep some people out?"
  • Humility and Hospitality, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2010.
  • Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2010.
    • "Symbolically speaking, the man with dropsy was craving the very thing that was making him ill."
  • "Guest of Honor?" Alyce McKenzie, Patheos, 2010.
    • "Who was the guest of honor in the banquet Jesus attended? The leader of the Pharisees (14:1-6) thought he was it. But it was the man with dropsy."
  • "Hidden in Plain Sight," Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2010.
    • "I would suggest that Jesus is teaching that our vision is refracted through our values."
  • "The Rudeness of God," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2010.
    • "If Jesus can heal people why does he do it so randomly?  Why not heal everyone?"
  • Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
  • Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 22, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
  • "Toward a Welcoming Congregation," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Hospitality," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2007.
  • "Hospitality and Humility," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
  • "Table Talks," Bob Deffinbaugh, a study from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "In Israel, the meal table played a very important role, not only in the family, but in society as well."
  • "Building a Place for Hospitality," Christine D. Pohl, (other resources at) "Hospitality," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2007.
    • "Hospitality quickly takes on earthy dimensions?buildings, beds and blankets, pots and pans?as we share our place, make use of what is available, or create new places. How can we sustain personal, small-scale places of welcome along with more institutionalized expressions of care?"
  • "Meals, Food and Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
    • "How can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what anthropologists call "the language of meals"?"
  • "Miracles, In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings," Jerome H. Neyrey, University of Notre Dame, 1995.
    • "...we should attend to the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)."
  • "Magic, Miracles, and The Gospel," L. Michael White. PBS From Jesus to Christ.
    • "Probably in some ways, and more than any other issue within the development of early Christianity and the gospels tradition, miracles present one of the problematic areas."
  • Bread. Articles, commentary, etc from Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine.
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Carroll, John T., "Luke's Portrayal of the Pharisees," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1988.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Conder, Tim, "Table Manners," The Christian Century, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Curkpatrick, Stephen, "Parable Metonymy and Luke's Kerygmatic Framing," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Downing, F. Gerald, "'Honor' among Exegetes," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Komp, Diane M., "Invitation to a Simple Feast," Theology Today, 1993.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Koyama, Kosuke, "If You Give a Feast, Invite the Poor," The Christian Century, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Newman, Elizabeth, "Flannery O'Connor and the Practice of Hospitality," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Noël, Timothy, "The Parable of the Wedding Guest: A Narrative-Critical Interpretation," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Pohl, Christine, "Risky Business," The Christian Century, 2001.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Reynolds, Thomas E., "Welcoming without Reserve? A Case in Christian Hospitality," Theology Today, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Ross, J.M., "Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 2003. (Section on Luke 14:5 begins on page 213.)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• Sermons:
  • "What Do The Eyes See?" Matthew Ruffner, Day 1, 2016.
  • "The Welcome Table," Rev. Luke Powery, Duke University Chapel, 2013.
  • "A Tough Call on Humility," the Rev. Dr. Sam Matthews, 2013.
  • "A Tale of Two Pats, Or, Friend, Move Up Higher," the Rev. Patricia Grace, Day 1, 2012.
  • "How Open Is Our Table?" the Rev. Eric Shafer, Day 1, 2010.
  • "Keep Humble," Proverbs 25:1-10 / Luke 14:7-11, Jeremy Begbie, Faith and Leadership, 2009.
  • "You May Not Want to Invite Jesus for Dinner," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
  • "God's First Class," the Rev. Dr. John Claypool, Day 1, 2004.
  • Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily, 2001. (Dr. Mary Durkin writes this week's column.)
• With Children:
  • Worshiping with Children, Proper 17, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
  • "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," September 1, 2013, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Luke 14:1, 7-14 and I'm the Best by Lucy Cousins.
  • "Left Out?" Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
  • "Humility and Hospitality," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
  • "Jesus Invites Everyone to the Table," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
• Drama:
  • "The Chair," Annette Wetherbee, dramatix.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, Luke 14:10, Luke 14:11, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
  • Clip Art Images: Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:1-14 #2, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
  • Luke 14:7-14 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
  • Luke 14:1-6, Luke 14:12-14, Luke 14:12-14, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
  • Bulletin Cover/Art, Luke 14:13, John Stuart, Knoxville, TN. (Free use by churches.)
  • Commercial Site: "Invite List," (Luke 14) visual liturgy, The Work of the People.
• Hymns and Music:
  • "Come Sup With God," Hymn based on John 7:37-42, Luke 14:12-14, Luke 14:16-24, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Luke 14:13. The Cyber Hymnal.
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
• Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
• Find Worship Resources & Suggested Other Readings for use with this text:
  • Proper 17C/Ordinary 22C
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Luke

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