LUKE 14:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted — the principle beneath the parable: self-exaltation produces humiliation; self-humbling produces exaltation. The principle applies in social settings (the dinner), in the kingdom's ethics (the Beatitudes), and in the eschatological judgment.