Luke 14: 8 - 11; Matthew 23: 12
When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; and he who invited you and him come to you and say to you "Give place to this man," and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he that invited you comes he may say to you, "Friend, go up higher." Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
This passage comes toward the end of Jesus' earthly ministry; Jesus is talking to His disciples. Religious teachers at the time of Jesus were revered for their profession. The Sadducees, Pharisees, and Scribes enjoyed being treated with celebrity. They liked being treated as someone special. Jesus wanted His disciples, not to in any way look like these religious leaders. Humility, is one of the most basic rules, we as followers of Christ are to maintain. You can not give God the Glory if you are stealing the spotlight. When we have decided to follow Christ and are pointing the way for others, we are not to take any of that light, it should be solely given totally to God. This is what Jesus said and what He wants us to act like.
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