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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Luke 14:10

Luke 14:10. The opposite course and its results are described.

That. Our Lord does not bid them take a low place, for the purpose of being put higher. That would be false humility. This result is the purpose of God, who commands this conduct.

Have honor, lit., ‘glory,' in contrast with ‘shame' (Luke 14:9). ‘Worship' was intended to convey the same idea. There is nothing to warrant the idea that our Lord and His disciples were themselves in the lower places, and ought to have been invited to come up higher. Such hints about promotion at a Pharisee's feast would not come from our Lord.

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