Quotes About Honor

They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

For Moses said, ëHonor your father and your motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is Corbaní (that is, a gift devoted to God),

he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

You know the commandments: ëDo not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.í”

and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesusí head.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

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

But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ëFriend, move up to a better place.í Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.