And say (κα ερε). Changes to future indicative with μη ποτε as in 12:58.Shalt begin with shame (αρξη μετα αισχυνη…

Art bidden. You are invited.

To a wedding. A wedding was commonly attended with a feast or banquet.

The highest…

And thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.—At first sight, the words seem to suggest lower motives than those by …

Saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidde…

St. Ambrose of Milan: First, the man with dropsy is cured, in whom the abundant discharges of the flesh crushed the powers o…

Jesus continued to take the initiative (v.7). In his time the guests at a formal dinner reclined on couches, several on each one, leaning on their …

And he that bade thee and him To the feast, and who is the master of it, and has a right to dispose of, and order his gue…

Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases that a m…