Luke 14:7-11

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed ¹how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,

9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person, ’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, ²so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher. ’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

11 For ³everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. ”

Cross References

• 1. 14:7 See ch. 11:43
• 2. 14:10 Prov. 25:6, 7
• 3. 14:11 ch. 18:14; [Prov. 29:23; Ezek. 21:26; Matt. 18:4; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5, 6]