Luke 14:7-11 ▼

7 And He was telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they were picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the place of honor, lest someone more highly regarded than you be invited by him,

9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in shame you proceed to occupy the last place.

10 But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who recline at the table with you.

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