Luke 14:9

Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses invited guests at a wedding banquet, continuing his instruction on seating etiquette after warning against claiming places of honor.

The words — ἐλθὼν (elthōn) = having come; ἐρεῖ (erei) = he will say. These Greek forms emphasize the host’s decisive action and spoken authority over the seating arrangement.

The thread — The motif of self-exaltation and its consequences appears in Proverbs 16:18, which links pride to destruction and a haughty spirit to a fall, Proverbs 11:2, which contrasts pride with disgrace and humility with wisdom, and Proverbs 3:35, which assigns honor to the wise and shame to fools.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to defer to the host’s judgment rather than pursue self-promotion, accepting a lower seat to avoid public humiliation.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Esther 6:6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
Ezekiel 28:2 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”