Seat At The Table

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you andmake your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:1-2

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David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul towhom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
- 2 Samuel 9:1

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And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. Youwill say to them, “Be gone!”
- Isaiah30: 21-22

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Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba. Theysummoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?“At your service,” he replied. The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house ofSaul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There isstill a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.”
- 2 Samuel 9:2-3

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Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
‍- Matthew 25: 34-40 34

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“Where is he?” the king asked. Ziba answered, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.” So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house ofMakir son of Ammiel. When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came toDavid, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, “Mephibosheth!” “At your service,” he replied. “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you allthe land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
- 2 Samuel 9:4-7

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Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one whoserves.
- Luke 22: 25-27

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He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
- Psalm 25:9