Places of honor at the wedding

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From the places of honor at the wedding , oil painting by Andrei Mironov , 2014

The parable told by Jesus of Nazareth of the places of honor at the wedding is about the exaltation of the humiliated. In the Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible it is transmitted only through the Gospel according to Luke ( Lk 14.7–14  EU ) and thus belongs to the Lucanian special property .

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The parable is embedded in the story of the healing of a dropsy that takes place on the Sabbath at a meal in the house of a chief of the Pharisees . After his healing, Jesus turns to the guests present and tells them the parable of the places of honor at the wedding . In it he takes the view that as a wedding guest you shouldn't sit in the top seats. Because when a more distinguished guest comes, one has to give way to him with shame. If, on the other hand, you sit down completely, the host might come and assign you a higher seat in front of all the guests. This is followed by the saying: “For whoever exalts himself should be humbled; and whoever humiliates himself should be exalted. "

Then Jesus turns to the host, the chief of the Pharisees. He tells him that he shouldn't invite his friends or wealthy neighbors to lunch or dinner because they would reciprocate as well, but rather the poor, crippled, lame and blind. Because the latter could not show their appreciation with a return invitation. But his good deed will be rewarded at the resurrection of the righteous.

As in the Magnificat , this Lukan parable deals with the exaltation of the humiliated. Inviting the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind, the parable shows parallels to the parable of the Great Supper .

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