Jesus is not against giving honor to one who deserves it, but he is against the use of power and prestige for self-aggrandizement.

In Luke 14, Jesus is less interested in the actual food than in the composition of the banquet. So, he tells a story about meals and honor.

In this parable, Jesus infers it is the person who is humble enough to assume he doesn't deserve it but willing to come when God calls.

1 сент. 2019 г. · As Jesus said to the people who are invited to the banquet, “...For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted”

22 авг. 2010 г. · In Luke 14:1, 7-14, the social matrix of first-century life is on display, and we hear Jesus speak into this matrix both with communal wisdom and unexpected, ...

Jesus taught two lessons in this passage (vv. 7-14). First He spoke to the guests, telling them not to seek places of honor (vv. 7-11).

26 авг. 2019 г. · Luke 14:1 tells us that Jesus had been invited for a dinner party at the house of a “prominent Pharisee,” which we could literally translate as a kind of “arch ...

14 февр. 2021 г. · Humilty does not mean pretending to be modest. Humility means seeing yourself as you truly are, God sees you. On a visit to the Beethoven ...

David Guzik commentary on Luke 14, in which Jesus eats with a Pharisees, explains why He can heal on the Sabbath, and teaches on pride an humility.