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.
When arrogance comes, then comes disgrace, But with the meek is wisdom.
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
The wise will inherit glory, But fools raise up disgrace.
And as He said this, all His opponents were being put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.
Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.