Matthew 23:12.
Whosoever exalteth ... - This is universal among people, and it is also the way in which God will deal with people. “Men” will perpetually endeav...
A Sabbath with a Pharisee. A companion picture to Luke 13:10-17 . When in Luke 6:6-11 Lk. relates the cure of the man with a withered hand ( Mar...
For, &c. This is repeatedon two other occasions. Compare Luke 18:14 and Matthew 23:12 . abased . humbled.
11. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled. This clause makes it evident that ambition was the subject of which Christ was spe...
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. For whosoever exalteth himself, etc. - This is the unc...
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased...
The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk)....
On places of honour at feasts (peculiar to Lk, but a similar discourse occurs in the 'Western' text of St. Matthew, Luke 20:28 , q.v.). It is prob...
Cp. Matthew 23:12 repeated Luke 18:14 .
Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. — The reproduction of the teaching in words which are almost an echo of these, in 1 Peter 5:5 , is int...
Lessons for Guests and Hosts Luke 14:7-14 The word rooms should be seats, r.v. We must, of course, guard against a false humility, which ch...
Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enun...
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of a...
HUMILITY AND ITS REWARD ‘But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, F...
THE DOOM OF PRIDE ‘For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.’ Luke 14:11 When our Lord...
For whosoever exalteth himself ,.... Either in the above way, or any other, shall be abased, humbled and mortified: and he that humbleth himself ;...
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Ver. 11. For whosoever ] See Trapp on " Mat 23:1...
And he put forth a parable The ensuing discourse is so termed, because several parts of it are not to be understood literally. To those which were...
EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to...
Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, wh...
See Poole on " Luke 14:10 "
The Warning Against Being One Of Those Who Seeks Out The Chief Seats (14:7-11). This passage is parallel in the chiasmus with those who are to see...
“For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” As so often the story is capped by a maxim. The one...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:7 . Put forth a parable .—The miracle was wrought, evidently, before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests...
Luke 14:11 This is one of the sayings which we gather from the Gospels to have been frequently in our Lord's mouth, and this means that it had som...
Luke 14:7 . And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; This parable was by far th...
Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the...
He put forth a parable to those which were bidden Christ’s great text book “When He marked how they … ” The book of daily life was Christ’s gre...
EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pa...
A parable teaching humility:
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The eyes of Jesus were always observing the manner...
1 Peter 5:5 ; 1 Samuel 15:17 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:17 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; James 4:6 ; Job 22:29 ; Job 40:10-12 ; Luke 1:51 ; Luke 18:14 ;...
Humility and Exaltation Luke 14:7-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Lord Jesus had a right to teach humility. Christ Jesus was very God of very God...
11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.