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Forὅτιeveryoneπᾶςwhoὁexaltsὑψῶνhimselfἑαυτὸνwill be humbled,ταπεινωθήσεταιandκαὶthe one whoὁhumblesταπεινῶνhimselfἑαυτὸνwill be exalted.”ὑψωθήσεται
Luke 14:11
Study it in the app“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 14:11, word by word
- exaltsὑψῶνhypsōn
exalt
To give honor and a high place to someone.
Where else “hypsōn” appears- will be humbledταπεινωθήσεταιtapeinōthēsetai
humble oneself
To make oneself small before God and others.
Where else “tapeinōthēsetai” appears
The context
10But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor before all those reclining at table with you.
11 · This verse (above)
12And he was also saying to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
To study Luke 14 in a group
1. What it says
What excuses do the guests give for not coming to the great banquet, and whom does the master of the house invite afterward? (vv. 16-24)
2. What it means
Jesus says that whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. How does he illustrate this at the table? (vv. 7-11)
3. How I live it
Jesus suggests inviting those who cannot repay you. Whom could you invite or help without expecting anything in return? (vv. 12-14)