Luke 14:11

For whosoever exalteth himself,.... Either in the above way, or any other, shall be abased, humbled and mortified:

and he that humbleth himself; behaves in an humble and modest manner,

shall be exalted; Matthew 23:12.

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 23:12 .

¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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