People that are proud and boast will become unimportant. But people who are humble will also become wise.
Luke 14:9 - Easy To Read Version And if you are sitting in the most important seat, then the person that invited you will come to you and say, ‘Give this man your seat!’ Then you will begin to move down to the last place. And you will be very embarrassed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he who invited both of you will come to you and say, Let this man have the place [you have taken]. Then, with humiliation and a guilty sense of impropriety, you will begin to take the lowest place. American Standard Version (1901) and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. Common English Bible The host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give your seat to this other person.’ Embarrassed, you will take your seat in the least important place. Catholic Public Domain Version And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, 'Give this place to him.' And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. |
People that are proud and boast will become unimportant. But people who are humble will also become wise.
If a person is proud, then he is in danger of destruction. If a person thinks he is better than other people, then he is in danger of defeat.
Wise people live a life that brings honor. Foolish people live a life that brings shame.
When Jesus said this, all the men that were criticizing him felt ashamed of themselves. And all the people were happy for the wonderful things Jesus was doing.
You must do the things that will show that you have really changed your hearts and lives. And don’t think that saying, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [49]} is our father’ will help you. I tell you that God can make children for Abraham from these rocks here!