Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Evangeliad (30:4-5)


Section 30:4-5 (corresponding to Luke 14:10-11)

So when you're invited to come to a feast,
Go straight for the seat that's honored the least.
And then your host, when he enters the house,
Might seat you higher than everyone else.

He'll see your humility, want you to be
At his very side as you go through the feast,
And so give you the most honored place,
Exalting the lowly to everyone's praise. 

For abasement awaits all those who would try
Their own name and station to glorify,
But those who humble themselves, they will find
An exaltation to the highest of heights."