7: And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8: 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 bidden of him; 9: And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10: But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. 11: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

On the surface of this parable, Jesus clearly illustrates the naturally selfish nature of people. We want the praise of men. We want others to look up at us while we look down upon others. We want to be served instead of serving others. We give honor to the proud and we despise the humble servant. Jesus is showing us in this parable that our selfish nature must be changed. We must become unselfish and willing to serve others. In other words we must become like Jesus. In this parable the setting was a wedding and the wedding represents the judgment. The judgment setting is showing us that we need to strive for the praise of God and not men. We are not to exalt our self but to humble our self and serve God and men. Then we can expect that in the judgment we will be exalted by God.